Wang Dong () is a member of the

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and is a Chinese hacker who is part of PLA Unit 61398.

Criminal career

During 2004 and 2014, Wang Dong, and others in the People's Liberation Army cyber-attacked the United States. Wang Dong used the Chinese chatting service

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and a Chinese military forum to talk to multiple members when doing

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. Wang would buy domains and upload

malware Malware (a portmanteau for ''malicious software'') is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, depri ...

on the Chinese file uploading service PUDN, he would put "ug." at the start of each domain he bought to be able to claim that the domain was really his. Wang accessed classified documents of the infrastructure to

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and United States officials' e-mails. He left tell-tale clues on the internet for federal agents working to find and arrest him. This led to him and other China nationals being blocked from DefCon events. He and other Chinese nationals in Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army were indicted.

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called the indictment against Wang Dong and the other individuals "extremely ridiculous".

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