US shuts down Chinese state-backed cyber operation targeting federal agencies

US officials disrupted a PRC state-sponsored hacking operation tied to the QScan and QTRouter platforms, seizing domains and disabling the campaign that infiltrated U.S. agencies including DOJ, NASA, the Federal Reserve and the Senate via an IoT botnet and obfuscation network. The DOJ/FBI-led action marks a notable disruption of China’s cyber activity, while Beijing denies wrongdoing.