The Justice Department has accused two hackers working for the Chinese government to steal data in 11 countries, including the Covid-19 vaccine study.

"Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, former classmates at an electrical engineering college in Chengdu, China, used their trained skills to attack the computer networks of many victims, including companies in

"The defendants stole trade secrets, intellectual property and other valuable business information, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars," the document added, adding that cyber-attacks had been carried out.

According to this document, hundreds of companies, governments, and NGOs were targeted by two hackers based in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, South Korea and Spain.

Demers added that in some cases, hackers acted for personal gain, others were to serve the Ministry of National Security of China.

"The cyber-criminals directed by Chinese intelligence are a threat to the United States, as well as every country that supports fairness, international standards, and the rule of law," said the deputy director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The FBI had previously warned that Chinese hackers were targeting Covid-19 research organizations, in an effort to gather intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments and treatments.

Last week, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada accused the APT29 hacker group, which is considered a part of Russian intelligence, to attack the network of its research and development organizations for the Covid-19 vaccine.