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US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate

DataBreaches.net · · International · Data Breaches

Jonathan Greig reports; Chinese government hackers used tools known as “QScan” and “QTRouter” to breach multiple federal agencies since 2018, the Department of Justice said in announcing the takedown of the platforms on Wednesday. The tools were run by China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company and used primarily by China’s Ministry of State Security and... Source

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