FBI Dismantles Chinese State Proxy Network Used in Mass US Hacks

U.S. authorities disrupted two Chinese proxy tools, QTRouter and QScan, used by the QTFY hacking group tied to a Chinese state contractor to recruit IoT botnets and rented proxies for widespread intrusions into NASA, the Senate, the Federal Reserve, and other federal agencies and critical infrastructure; the takedown seizes key domains and disrupts VPN-based relay networks, signaling a significant setback for the attackers though experts say they will likely rebuild new infrastructure.