US Officials Revise China Hacking Claims, Say Agencies Were Targeted
US officials have corrected earlier statements that suggested several government agencies had been hacked by Chinese hackers, saying instead that the organisations were targets of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group. In a revised statement on Friday, the Department of Justice said the US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA and other organisations were “among the targets of QTFY”, a Chinese…
US officials have revised their statements regarding alleged Chinese hacking incidents, clarifying that while several government agencies were targeted by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, not all were successfully breached. The Department of Justice emphasized that the US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and other organizations were among the targets of the QTFY group during an internet domain seizure operation.
This distinction between targeted and compromised entities is crucial, especially when describing the scale of a state-linked cyber campaign. The FBI affidavit, which accompanied the initial statement, detailed that the hackers had been targeting US federal networks since at least 2018, with some attempts being unsuccessful, such as the breach of NASA's systems in 2024.
Despite these revisions, some successful data thefts have been confirmed, particularly from unnamed defence contractors, financial institutions, and universities. The Chinese Embassy in Washington has not yet commented on the revised claims.
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