Single Chinese hacking unit responsible for stealing terabytes of data from hundreds of organizations, says US security firm

Unit 61398

According to this article, hundreds of governmental and industrial data from the United States have been hacked and stolen by a Chinese unit. According to computer security firm Mandiant, a single hacker unit of the People’s Liberation Army of Unit 61398, a single hacking device, is responsible for stealing hundreds of terabytes of data from the US. Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, says that the United States is responsible for also hacking into information from China. Although Mandiant’s is reported as being a hacker, it’s not entirely true that the report is accurate.

“Unit 61398” of the People’s Liberation Army is in Shanghai, China