Wang Dong (hacker)

Wang Dong
汪东
Image of Wang Dong
Other names	Jack Wang, UglyGorilla, Greenfield[1]
Organization	People's Liberation Army[2]
Criminal charges	Espionage[3] Cyberterrorism[4] Computer fraud[5]

Wang Dong (Chinese: 汪东) is a member of the People's Liberation Army and is a Chinese hacker who is part of PLA Unit 61398.[6]

Criminal career

During 2004 and 2014, Wang Dong, and others in the People's Liberation Army cyber-attacked the United States.[7] Wang Dong used the Chinese chatting service WeChat and a Chinese military forum to talk to multiple members when doing cyber crimes.[8][1] Wang would buy domains and upload malware on the Chinese file uploading service PUDN, he would put "ug." at the start of each domain he bought to be able to claim that the domain was really his.[9] Wang accessed classified documents of the infrastructure to nuclear power plant and United States officials' e-mails.[10] He left tell-tale clues on the internet for federal agents working to find and arrest him.[11] This led to him and other China nationals being blocked from DefCon events.[12] He and other Chinese nationals in Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army were indicted.[13][14] China's foreign ministry called the indictment against Wang Dong and the other individuals "extremely ridiculous".[15]

References

1. Greenberg, Andy (2013-02-19). "Researchers Name Three Hackers Tied To One Of China's Most Active Military Intrusion Teams". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
2. "U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers for Cyber Espionage Against U.S. Corporations and a Labor Organization for Commercial Advantage". United States Department of Justice. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
3. Tiezzi, Shannon (2014-05-20). "US Indicts 5 PLA Officers For Hacking, Economic Espionage". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
4. Fantz, Ashley (2014-05-19). "Chinese hackers infiltrated U.S. companies, attorney general says". CNN. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
5. Nakashima, Ellen; Wan, William (2014-05-19). "U.S. announces first charges against foreign country in connection with cyberspying". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
6. "Wanted By the FBI: Wang Dong" (PDF). fbi.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
7. Hamilton, Isobel Asher. "A 'Game of Thrones' thief and a dam hacker: These are the FBI's 41 most-wanted cyber criminals". The Insider. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
8. Moore, Malcom. "Meet the Chinese hackers accused of cyber-espionage". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
9. "Exposing One of China's Cyber Espionage Units" (PDF). APT1. 9 (1): 54–57. 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-07 – via Mandiant.
10. Kravets, David (2014-05-19). "How China's army hacked America". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
11. Riley, Michael; Lawrence, Dune (2014-05-22). "UglyGorilla Hacker Left Tracks, U.S. Cyber-Hunters Say". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
12. Shalal, Andrea; Finckle, Jim (2014-05-24). "U.S. may act to keep Chinese hackers out of Def Con hacker event". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
13. Vijayan, Jaikumar (2014-05-19). "Hacker indictments against China's military unlikely to change anything". Computerworld. ISSN 0010-4841. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
14. Peterson, Andrea (2014-05-19). "Everything you need to know about the alleged Chinese military hacker squad the U.S. just indicted". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
15. Ackerman, Spencer; Kaiman, Jonathan (2014-05-20). "Chinese military officials charged with stealing US data as tensions escalate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

External links

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