US says Chinese hackers broke into DOJ, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate
- The United States Justice Department announced that federal law enforcement disrupted a widespread Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage operation targeting high-profile federal institutions.
- The compromised entities included the Department of Justice, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Senate, alongside several other sensitive government agencies.
- As part of the disruption effort, U.S. authorities seized internet domains associated with two specialized hacking platforms dubbed "QScan" and "QTRouter" that were used to facilitate the network breaches.
- Officials did not immediately disclose the full scope of exfiltrated data or the precise timeline during which the unauthorized access occurred.
- The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment, maintaining Beijing's long-standing stance of denying involvement in government-sponsored cyber intrusions.
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The US Justice Department and FBI said they disrupted online infrastructure allegedly used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to target American government agencies and critical infrastructure.
The FBI dismantled a vast cyber-espionage operation linked to China that for years infiltrated government and critical infrastructure networks in the United States, camouflaged its activity within normal internet traffic to evade detection by authorities and intelligence agencies. Among the targets of the operation were NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Senate itself, as revealed by the FBI in a court document cit…
U.S. seizes China-linked hacking domains used to target NASA, Senate
The U.S. government has seized three internet domains used by a China-linked hacking group to operate tools that targeted U.S. critical infrastructure and government networks, including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Energy Department and the U.S. Senate, according to the Justice Department. The Justice Department and FBI announced the court-authorized seizures Wednesday in the Southern District of California. The seized domains – qtproxy.xyz, q…
U.S. says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate
The hackers have used tools they developed to compromise critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks in the U.S. and worldwide since at least 2018, an affidavit said.
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