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US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting NASA, Fed, Senate

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The U.S. Justice Department and FBI have seized two Chinese state-sponsored online platforms, QScan and QTRouter, operated by a group known as QTFY. These platforms allegedly targeted U.S. critical infrastructure, including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Senate, offering hacking services to clients like China's Ministry of State Security and military since 2018. The operation dismantled a significant cyberespionage and hacking campaign sponsored by the People's Republic of China. AI

IMPACT Highlights ongoing state-sponsored cyber threats and the need for robust cybersecurity defenses against sophisticated hacking operations.

RANK_REASON Law enforcement action against state-sponsored cybercrime targeting critical infrastructure. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=4 ai=0.4]

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US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting NASA, Fed, Senate

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Magnier ·

    US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting Nasa, Fed and Senate

    The Justice Department and the FBI said on Wednesday that they seized two Chinese state-sponsored online platforms that targeted US critical infrastructure and other critical networks, including Nasa, the Federal Reserve and the US Senate. According to court documents, the seizur…

  2. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Roach ·

    US Justice Department claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures

    The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.

  3. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    FBI seizes hacking tools it says China used to attack NASA, DOE, US Senate and other critical networks

    Beijing's botnets busted.

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Se

    📰 FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, the Justice Department, and more, according to the DOJ. 📰 Source: Feed: All Latest 🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/fbi-disrupts-chinese-pr… web.archive.org

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