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title: "Breaking: Equifax Hacker Indictment, Court Documents"
description: "Breaking News: Equifax hackers indicted; see court documents. U.S. DOJ indicts four Chinese nationals as the actors behind the 2017 Equifax mega breach."
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# [Breaking: Equifax Hacker Indictment, Court Documents](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/breaking-court-documents-equifax-hacker-indictment)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | Feb 10, 2020 | 5:49 PM Z

The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed a grand jury indictment against four Chinese nationals. 

[Update: [Full Story, 10 Fast Facts From Equifax Hacker Indictment](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/equifax-hacker-indictment-10-fast-facts)]

## **Equifax indictment, the court documents**

The hackers are said to be part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Now they are charged with hacking Equifax and being the cyber actors behind the company's 2017 mega-breach of 148 million individuals in the U.S., 15 million in the U.K., and 20,000 in Canada.

"Today's announcement of these indictments further highlights our commitment to imposing consequences on cybercriminals no matter who they are, where they are, or what country's uniform they wear," said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich.

While our team works on more details, here are the [U.S. DOJ court documents on Equifax hacker indictments](https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1246891/download).

*More to come.*

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