In a story published Nov. 20, 2025, about the sentencing of rapper Pras Michel, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Michel was 52 years old.

The Justice Department in 2018 launched what it called the China Initiative to combat what officials saw as a multi-pronged effort by Beijing to steal intellectual property and conduct foreign influence operations in the U.S. The Justice Department, for its part, did keep an eye on Moscow, unsealing an indictment last month that accused six Russian military officers in a global hacking campaign. The Justice Department says it has charged more than 10 trade-secret theft cases tied to China since the China Initiative began. To be sure, the Justice Department had begun a focus on Chinese hackers well before Trump took office. The next year, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that their countries had agreed not to conduct or support hacking for economic espionage.