US revises China-linked hacking claims, says agencies were only targets

The Department of Justice said that US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA and others were "among the targets of QTFY," a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group.

US officials revise claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targets  Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 - U.S. officials are backpedaling on claims that several government agencies were hacked by Chinese spies, now saying that the organizations were among the hackers' targets.

A Chinese hacking operation breached multiple sensitive U.S. government agencies, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The DOJ, Federal Reserve, Senate, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, NASA, and National Institutes ⁠of Health were among the targets of the operation. The cyber-espi