FBI Arrest Chinese National Linked to OPM Data Breach Malware. A 3. 6 year old Chinese national was arrested in Los Angeles this week in connection with a computer hacking conspiracy involving malware linked to the 2. US Office of Personnel Management OPM data breach. A 36yearold Chinese national was arrested in Los Angeles this week in connection with a computer hacking conspiracy involving malware linked to the 2014 US Office. Yu Pingan of Shanghai, China, was arrested on Wednesday while traveling at Los Angeles International Airport. Also identified by the hacker pseudonym Gold. Sun, Yu has been charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and is further accused of conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the United States. According to an August 2. US District Court for the Southern District of California, Yu collaborated with others, including two unnamed individuals who have not been charged, to acquire and use malware to facilitate cyberattacks against at least four unnamed US companies. The FBI has identified Yus co conspirators as living in the Peoples Republic of China. Watch Chinese Zodiac Imdb Cast' title='Watch Chinese Zodiac Imdb Cast' />At this stage, the names of the companies i. The indictment is accompanied by an affidavit signed by an FBI agent assigned to a cybercrime squad at the bureaus San Diego Field Office. A spokesperson for the bureau could not be immediately reached for a comment. The FBI has accused Yu of discussing the installation of a remote access trojan, or RAT, at an unidentified company as early as in June 2. A year later, one his conspirator allegedly installed malicious files on the network of a San Diego based company. CZ-Still-2.jpg' alt='Watch Chinese Zodiac Imdb Movie' title='Watch Chinese Zodiac Imdb Movie' />A man searches the world for a set of mystic artifacts 12 bronze heads of the animals from the Chinese zodiac. The same company was allegedly attacked again on or before December 3, 2. In January 2. 01. Yus co conspirators allegedly used a variant of the malware Sakula in an attack on a second company based in Massachusetts. Multiple security firms have tied Sakulato the OPM attacka massive data breach that involved the records of millions of US citizens who had undergone government security clearance checks. According to Washington Post sources, Chinas involvement was suspected by US authorities, though the Obama administration never official ascribed blame. Chinese authorities have repeatedly denied any involvement in the OPM attack. The Chinese government takes resolute strong measures against any kind of hacking attack, Chinas Foreign Ministry told Reuters in 2. We oppose baseless insinuations against China. Underbelly Season 2 Episode 3 on this page. Sakula was also used in the 2. Anthem data breach, which involved the potential theft of roughly 8. Independent investigators concluded with medium confidence earlier this year that the Anthem attack was likely carried out on behalf of a foreign government. Neither Anthem nor OPM is cited in connection with Yus arrest and Anthem does not appear to be based in any of the cities mentioned in the indictment. Yu was allegedly linked to use of the then rare Sakula malware through emails obtained by the FBI. Yus co conspirators are said to have breached a third company based in Los Angeles, however, in December 2. The attackers allegedly took advantage of a then unknown vulnerabilityor zero dayin Microsofts Internet Explorer, which allowed for remote code execution and injection of Sakula. Sakula is also a known tool of China based advanced persistent threat nicknamed Deep Panda, or APT 1. OPM and Anthem attacks. The two unnamed and unindicted co conspirators also allegedly attacked a fourth company based in Arizona. The FBI agents affidavit states that Yu provided one of the co conspirators the malicious software as early as April 2. The communications allegedly show that Yu also informed the second co conspirator of an exploit for Adobes Flash software. Whats more, FBI seized communications show that in November 2. Yu indicated that he had compromised the legitimate Korean Microsoft domain used to download software updates for Microsoft products, and further stated, allegedly, that the hacked site could be used to launch phishing attacks. According to CNN, Yu was arrested after entering the US on Wednesday to attend a conference. This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. Trump Official Met with Palmer Luckey, Chuck Johnson to Discuss the Wall, For Some Reason UpdatedOn the day he assumed his new job as head of the US Interior Department DOI, Ryan Zinke rode a horse through the streets of Washington. It seems only fitting now that we should find actual horseshit in the retired Navy SEALs office. Last month, Zinke, the man who runs 5. Americas own shitlords, Chuck C. Johnson and Palmer Luckey, to discuss President Donald Trumps plans for building a wall along the US Mexico border. The man who arranged the meeting was the secretarys friend, American Sniper author Scott Mc. Ewen, who also coauthored Zinkes own biography American Commander. Johnson, you might recall, is the notorious troll who managed to secure a lifetime ban from Twitter after asking for funding to take out activist De. Ray Mc. Kessonfar from the first time hed harassed someone online. Hes also the founder of the highly partisan, often spurious, and achingly irrelevant Got. News. Johnsons most recent belt notch is the alt right crowdfunding platform Wesearchr, a site which frequently experiences outages and is currently pooling money for the legal defense of neo Nazi site the Daily Stormer. Though largely out of the spotlight, Johnson has repeatedly touted his own proximity to the Trump administration in recent months. Luckey is, at this point, as well known for founding virtual reality company Oculus as he is for being slowly pushed out of it. It was revealed that the 2. Hillary shitposting political action committee called Nimble America with Milo Yiannopoulos as a silent partner later it was discovered hed funneled 1. Trump campaign after claiming he voted for Gary Johnson. Now, no longer employed by Facebook, Luckey seemingly spends his days getting into flamewars with Redditors. Neither of these men, to the best of our knowledge, has any particular expertise on wall construction, immigration, or policy, foreign or domestic. A log of Zinkes meetings last month, published recently to the DOI website in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests, reveals that on April 1. DOI revenue streamsZinke held a meeting with Johnson and Luckey on the topic of Border Wall building plans. Four other DOI employees, all of whom are Trump beachhead team members, were present for the meeting, including Megan Bloomgren, Zinkes acting communications director. The Secretary had a brief meeting where he listened to their ideas about using technology on the border and referred the gentlemen to the Department of Homeland Security, a spokeswoman for Zinke told Gizmodo. Asked whether the Secretary was aware of Johnsons extremely inappropriate and abusive behavior prior to the meeting, she said he was not. Regarding setting up the meeting, a friend of the Secretarys suggested he talk with them about their technology, she said. As a result, they had a very brief meeting with the Secretary. There was no action after. Asked which of the secretarys friends had set up the meeting, the spokeswoman replied The friend is Scott Mc. Ewen. Johnson did not reply to multiple requests for comment. Luckey, reached via Twitter DM, responded same answer as last time, a reference to Gizmodos last attempt to secure comment from Luckey, in which he replied, I could give you an answer, or I could tell you to fuck yourself.