US Corrects Statement, Says Government Agencies Were Only Targets of Chinese Hackers

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has corrected a previous statement that several government agencies were hacked by the group QTFY, which is allegedly supported by the Chinese government. The correction clarifies that the US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and other agencies were merely targets of the hacker group, while only some agencies were successfully breached. The amendment was made to align with the government's affidavit used to support the seizure of internet domains. FBI documents indicate that QTFY has targeted US federal networks since at least 2018, including NASA, the Fed, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Senate, but attempts to breach NASA were unsuccessful. However, some agencies were successfully breached, such as three national laboratories under the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, which were compromised in September 2024. The US stated that these operations were part of a years-long Chinese cyber espionage campaign. Recently, the DOJ and FBI seized domains associated with the hacking platforms QScan and QTRouter to disrupt the group's operations. China has denied the allegations, with a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington stating that the US is using cybersecurity issues to slander or undermine China's credibility.

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