#FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich will join representatives from @TheJusticeDept, @USAO_EDWA, and @FBISeattle for a press conference today to announce charges in a national security cyber matter. Watch live at 11:30 a.m. EST at justice.gov/live.
The #FBI and our partners have announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment earlier this month charging Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi for their alleged participation in a global computer intrusion campaign. ow.ly/x35950AEer7 
The campaign targeted intellectual property and confidential business information held by the private sector, including #COVID19-related treatment, testing, and vaccines. ow.ly/3nCm50AEfMo
During the press conference today, Deputy Director Bowdich reiterated the threat that the Chinese government poses to our nation’s information and intellectual property and our economic and national security. ow.ly/d9cC50AEhEf
Bowdich: China is determined to use every means at its disposal—including the theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies, labs, and universities—to degrade the United States' economic, technological, and military advantages.
Bowdich: The scale and scope of the hacking activity sponsored by the [People's Republic of China's] intelligence services against the U.S. and our international partners is unlike any other threat we’re facing today.
Bowdich: China steals intellectual property and research, which bolsters its economy, and then [uses] that illicit gain as a weapon to silence any country that would dare challenge its illegal actions.
Bowdich: This type of economic coercion isn't what we expect from a trusted world leader. It’s what we expect from an organized criminal syndicate.
Bowdich: Through investigation and attribution, our Cyber Division investigators and analysts ... impose consequences not just on the hackers themselves but also on the individuals and institutions directing those hackers and facilitating their actions.
Bowdich: By indicting Dong and Li, we’re condemning their actions and those of the Ministry of State Security officers at the Guangdong State Security Department who provided them with material support and direction.
