U.S. Disrupts Massive Chinese Hacking Operation Targeting Government Agencies

The U.S. government has announced that it has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation that targeted several sensitive government agencies and companies.

The hacking campaign, which was led by two platforms called 'QScan' and 'QTRouter,' compromised the U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, and other sensitive networks since at least 2018.

An affidavit identified the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and four unnamed companies in the United States and South Korea as victims of the hackers.

The Justice Department said that the platforms were run by a China-based firm called Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company, which had clients including China's civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, and its military, the People's Liberation Army.