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  "id": 3599368,
  "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",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T21:58:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3365376/us-seizes-chinese-hacking-platforms-targeting-nasa-fed-and-senate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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        "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"
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        "title": "Chinese hackers disrupted U.S. Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, U.S. says",
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        "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"
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        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate",
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        "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"
      },
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        "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": "The Hill",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-26T18:15:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "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-3603614",
        "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."
}