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China businessman pleads guilty in US to hacking conspiracy

Published Thu, Mar 24, 2016 · 09:50 PM

San Francisco

A BUSINESSMAN from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major US defence contractors including Boeing Co, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.

Su Bin, 50, faces a maximum five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring with two other people in China to obtain sensitive military information and export it illegally.

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