Chinese hackers ripped off millions in U.S. COVID funds.

[onecaliberal]

Hackers linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million in U.S. Covid relief benefits, including Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance funds in over a dozen states, according to the Secret Service.

The theft of taxpayer funds by the Chengdu-based hacking group known as APT41 is the first instance of pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly, but may just be the tip of the iceberg, say U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity experts.


https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/chinese-hackers-covid-fraud-millions-rcna59636

[Sanity Claws]

1. Let it offset the trade debt

[XanaDUer2]

2. I'm dumb sometimes

How do these things happen?

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3. When the folks handing out the money aren't too careful about where it's going

Which makes me want to know who was in charge of these distributions back in 2020, when the former guy was running the place?

[onecaliberal]

4. How much of these funds did dump funnel to his accounts?

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5. Are you saying "follow the money"?

Because that might be an interesting exercise.

[onecaliberal]

6. Yes, that's what I'm saying.