WASHINGTON D.C. ~ The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that officials disrupted a hacking operation linked to China against multiple federal entities.
The U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the Senate were among the entities targeted in the scheme by the hacking platforms QScan and QTRouter, officials claimed. It is believed that these platforms have been used to infiltrate U.S. agencies since 2018.
A spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in Washington told the media that, “The Chinese government firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks in accordance with the law. We urge the US side to stop using cybersecurity issues to smear or discredit China. China firmly opposes the U.S. overstretching the concept of national security and using it as a pretext to impose discriminatory restrictions on Chinese companies and will firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.“
