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  "id": 3564658,
  "title": "NASA, Fed, Senate among Chinese hackers' targets, Justice Department says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/nasa-fed-senate-among-chinese-hackers-targets-justice-department-says",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T18:15:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/6052863-doj-disrupts-chinese-hacking-operation/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Department of Justice has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation that targeted several sensitive US government agencies. The operation, carried out by a state-run group employed by Chinese-based firm Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co, used hacking platforms \"QScan\" and \"QTRouter\" to scan, infect and exploit IoT devices for attacks.\n\nThe targeted agencies included the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the Senate, according to multiple reports. The hacking operation also allegedly targeted companies in both the US and South Korea.\n\nThe Justice Department seized domains associated with the hacking platforms as part of efforts to disrupt the alleged campaign. The company behind the hacking platforms allegedly had clients including China's Ministry of State Security and the People's Liberation Army, according to Live Mint.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "US disrupts Chinese hacking operation targeting NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and other agencies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-disrupts-chinese-hacking-operation-targeting-nasa-federal-reserve",
        "published": "2026-08-26T14:53:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "US Justice Department claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-justice-department-claims-chinese-state-sponsored-hackers",
        "published": "2026-08-26T15:49:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Chinese hackers disrupted U.S. Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, U.S. says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinese-hackers-disrupted-u-s-justice-department-nasa-federal-reserve",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:00:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Fed, NASA and DOJ among victims of Chinese state-sponsored hacker group: Court documents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/fed-nasa-and-doj-among-victims-of-chinese-state-sponsored-hacker",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:02:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-takes-down-alleged-chinese-hacking-tools-used-against-federal",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "US disrupts platforms allegedly used by Chinese hackers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-disrupts-platforms-allegedly-used-by-chinese-hackers",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:27:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "FBI says Chinese hacking group targeted government agencies, hospitals and military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/fbi-says-chinese-hacking-group-targeted-government-agencies-hospitals",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:38:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-says-chinese-hackers-broke-into-justice-department-nasa-federal",
        "published": "2026-08-26T18:54:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting Nasa, Fed and Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-seizes-chinese-hacking-platforms-targeting-nasa-fed-and-senate",
        "published": "2026-08-26T21:58:46.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}