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#8 The Hacker News general April 24, 2026 at 14:13 UTC

NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

NASA's OIG revealed a Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher in a multi-year spear-phishing campaign targeting NASA employees, government entities, universities, and private companies to obtain sensitive information in violation of export control laws. The operation successfully duped NASA personnel into providing access to defense-related software and technologies.

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