Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with hacking and stealing information from U.S. tech firms and government agencies.

The two Chinese individuals — Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong — were accused of “conspiracy to commit computer intrusions” against companies in the U.S. and other countries, the Justice Department said in a press conference Thursday morning in Washington.

The department linked the two defendants with the Chinese government and said they are members of a group that has engaged in years-long hacking campaigns. The defendants allegedly stole information from at least 45 U.S. tech companies and government agencies, the government said.

“We hope the day will come when the defendants face justice under the rule of law in a federal courtroom,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said at the news conference.

The action came as the Trump administration and China are in talks during a truce in a months-long trade war. The situation had already become more complex with the Dec. 1 arrest in Canada over alleged violations of Iran sanctions of a top executive of China’s Huawei Technologies in response to a U.S. request.

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