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US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI have taken down Chinese hacking tools – QScan and QTRouter – used by China’s Ministry of State Security and People’s Liberation Army to target U.S. agencies, including the Federal Reserve, DOJ, and Senate, since 2018. These tools were used to scan and infect IoT devices globally and to mask the origin of attacks, making it appear they came from other countries. The takedown rendered both platforms inoperable.
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