Washington, March 6 -- The US Department of Justice on Wednesday (local time) unsealed indictments charging Zhou Shuai and Yin Kecheng, eight employees of Chinese technology company i-Soon and two officers of Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on various hacking-related offenses.

Furthermore, the US imposed sanctions on the Shanghai-based malicious cyber actor and data broker, Zhou Shuai, and his company, Shanghai Heiying Information Technology Company. According to the US Department of State spokesperson Tammy Bruce's statement, Zhou Shuai illegally acquired, brokered, and sold data from highly sensitive US critical infrastructure networks, including those in the defense industrial base, communications, health, and government sec...