US officials backpedal on claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targets
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US officials backpedal on claims that China hacked government agencies, now say they were targeted
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.
U.S. authorities have retreated from allegations that some U.S. government agencies would have been the subject of a virtual attack from China, in what would have been a spying initiative. Now, in a revised release, the Justice Department points out that the agencies were among the targets of hackers.
US officials backpedal on claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targets
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - 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. In a freshly edited statement, the Justice...
They now claim that such organizations were among the targets of hackers.
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