Indictment · March 5, 2025 · 5 min
The U.S. charges 12 Chinese hackers, two of them police officers
MedellínSoftware · Medellín, Colombia
i-Soon, a market for intrusions. The Justice Department says the Ministry of Public Security paid for data stolen from dissidents, churches, and the Treasury.
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Twelve names. Eight employees of Anxun Information Technology — i-Soon. Two officers of the Ministry of Public Security. On March 5, 2025, Manhattan and Washington unsealed the charges.
The model was industrial. Freelance or payroll, it did not matter. The MPS and the MSS paid well for mailboxes, phones, and servers. Victims in the United States, ministries in Asia, a religious organization, critics of Beijing. In 2024, the U.S. Treasury.
Wu Haibo, the founder, comes out of Green Army, the first circle of Chinese hacktivists. The domain where i-Soon advertised itself was seized. Ten of the accused remain fugitives. The State Department has offered up to ten million dollars.
The chart uses known aliases: APT27, Emissary Panda, Silk Typhoon. The dataset is sold in that market.
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The file is public. The briefing is requested.
AI and deep military intelligence. Medellín.