The US accuses China of cyber-spying on six Americann companies.

A US grand jury has indicted five Chinese individuals with cyber espionage charges for allegedly targeting six American companies and stealing trade secrets, the US Justice department said, publicly accusing China of cyber spying for the first time.

The hackers targeted US companies in the nuclear power, metals and solar products industries to steal inflammations useful to competitors in China.

The companies targeted include Alcoa Inc, United States Corp, Allegheny Technologies Inc, Westinghouse Electric Co and US subsidiaries of Solar World AG.
The move "indicates that DOJ has 'smoking keyboards' and (is) willing to bring the evidence to a court of law and be more transparent," said Frank Cilluffo, head of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at the George Washington University