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#2 The Record threat-intel August 26, 2026 at 16:25 UTC

US takes down alleged Chinese hacking tools used against Federal Reserve, DOJ and Senate

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The DOJ announced it disrupted Chinese state-backed tools used to scan, infect, and exploit IoT devices for attacks against federal agencies including the Federal Reserve, DOJ, and Senate, as part of the QTFY infrastructure takedown. The FBI seized infrastructure used as a 'quartermaster' service providing operational routing and proxy capabilities to Chinese cyber espionage operations. Security practitioners should audit IoT device exposure and review indicators from the FBI's disruption action.

Read full article → https://therecord.media/qscan-qtrouter-us-takedown…

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