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 seizures involved a group known as “QTFY”, operated by China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co, which created and…
The US Justice Department and FBI have seized two Chinese state-sponsored online platforms, QScan and QTRouter, operated by Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co, targeting US critical infrastructure including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate. The US Attorney General stated that state-sponsored hackers will be stopped and prosecuted, with the operation being part of a series of technical operations to dismantle indiscriminate hacking activities sponsored by the People's Republic of China.
The Chinese embassy in Washington denied involvement and urged the US to stop using cybersecurity issues to discredit China. Other reported victims included various government agencies, hospitals, telecommunications providers, power companies, financial institutions, and defense contractors.
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