Posted on 08/27/2017 3:10:51 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
The FBI has arrested a Chinese national on charges involving the malware used to hack the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2014 and steal personal information pertaining to millions of federal government employees and contractors. Yu Pingan, apprehended Monday at Los Angeles International Airport after flying in to attend a conference, was in federal court this week to face charges concerning Sakula, a sophisticated piece of malware used by the hackers who pulled off the historic OPM breach as well as the 2015 intrusion suffered by health insurance firm Anthem, among others. He is charged with a single count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
LOL! He should have stayed in China where he was safe.
Awesome. Hang him high!!
Gosh, I hope he doesn’t spend time in the jail that Arpaio was in control of.../s
Or Deep State running out a patsy. I'd just as soon believe that the hack was run out of Medussa Wasserman Schultz' office.
Really...his name is Yu Pingan?
(pronounced You Pinging).
Pretty ironic ;)
People who think they are smarter than everyone else never think the “dummies” are going to catch them.
In the meantime, millions of us former DoD employees live with the knowledge that our personal information—all of it— has been compromised and sits out there, waiting to be exploited, ruining our personal financial and legal safety. It wouldn’t be unjust to expose these scumbags to the death penalty.
TC
“(pronounced You Pinging).”
Agree - the name gave him away.
A reminder of what happened and how big it was:
The OPM Data Breach – What To Do Now and In the Future to Protect Ourselves
https://hubpages.com/technology/The-OPM-Data-Breach-What-To-Do-Now-and-In-the-Future-to-Protect-Ourselves
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.