U.S. Officials Downgrade Claims of Chinese Cyberattacks on Government Agencies
American authorities have revised their public assessments regarding recent cybersecurity incidents, clarifying that Chinese actors targeted federal systems rather than successfully breaching them. The adjustment follows internal reviews and aims to correct earlier overstated intelligence reports.
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US officials revise claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targets - Reuters
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US Justice Department clarifies that the US Senate and Federal Reserve were targets but were not successfully hacked.
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In a freshly edited statement, the Justice Department said Friday that the US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and others were "among the targets of QTFY," a Chinese spy platform.
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