China-based Servers Hinder Criminal Investigations and Data Can be Accessed: US Prosecutor

This wanted poster is displayed at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, on May 19, 2014, after Attorney General Eric Holder, and other security executives held a news conference where Holder announced that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft, the first-of-its-kind criminal charges against Chinese military officials in an international cyber-espionage case. AP Photo

With U.S. companies using servers in China to hold customer data, it has become increasingly difficult  for U.S. authorities to access that information for criminal investigations. “By moving the data to the PRC, service providers are increasingly putting evidence of crimes out of the reach of prosecutors and agents,” said Carolyn Pokorny, deputy U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn.

Pokorny made the statement in a recent cybersecurity conference held at New York’s Fordham University, according to a Reuter’s report.