DoJ Clarifies China-Linked Hacking Claims: U.S. Agencies Identified as Targets, Not Victims

The U.S. Department of Justice corrected its statement regarding China-linked cyber activities, clarifying that federal agencies were targets rather than victims of QTFY, a state-sponsored group. The update highlights QTFY's use of botnets, vulnerability exploitation, and encrypted relay networks to conduct cyber espionage against government and critical infrastructure entities.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday corrected a previously issued press statement that several of its agencies were victims of attacks carried out by Chinese threat actors, instead now pointing out that they were among those targeted.

Last week, the DoJ said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal Reserve, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Department

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