US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and more
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On Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice announced the disruption of a state-run Chinese hacking operation. The cyberattacks successfully breached several sensitive U.S. government agencies and institutions, including the Justice Department itself, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Senate.
As part of the operation's disruption, U.S. authorities successfully seized two specific hacking platforms utilized by the state-employed group: "QScan" and "QTRouter."
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The Hill (US)Focuses on the DOJ's disruption of the hacking operation and platform seizures.
KSL (Salt Lake City, US) (US)Emphasizes the wide-ranging scope of the breaches across multiple high-level U.S. institutions.