I don't think it is very effective deterrent strategy to name names and issue indictments for intelligence officers who hack for a living. Most of them have several false identifies that they use on-line and they are not going to stop just because we identify them by name. They get another name and move on.
This time, there are 10 named individuals from China’s Ministry of State Security who were hacking aviation related companies in Arizona, Massachusetts, Oregon and anywhere else they can get into. There is not a chance any of these people will ever be charged in a crime and arrested in the US. Well, I suppose they might come over to the US and get caught at the border, but somehow that does not seem very likely.
There is a twist in this indictment - one of these guys told a Chinese national working for a French aviation company to install malware. When law enforcement started an investigation, another Chinese national deleted a link to the group of Chinese agents. This is another indication of why we should be examining the use of Chinese nationals in critical technology areas like aviation.
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