US authorities have corrected earlier claims that several major government agencies had been hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored cyber group, clarifying that some were targeted but not necessarily compromised. The US Department of Justice said on Friday that the Senate, Federal Reserve, NASA and several other agencies were “among the targets” of QTFY, a China-linked hacking group accused of conducting a years-long cyber-espionage campaign. The correction narrows the scope of the breaches confirmed by US authorities. The DOJ said an earlier statement released on August 26 had incorrectly described all the agencies as victims, while an FBI affidavit showed that they had all been targeted but only some were successfully compromised.The clarification came as US authorities announced the seizure of two internet domains allegedly linked to QTFY’s hacking infrastructure, known as QScan and QTRouter. Is there an end to China-USA war ?
