Last week, the US Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized seizures of domains hard-coded into two complementary hacking platforms known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to target US critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks.
A People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored group known as “QTFY,” employed by a corporation called China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company, created and operated QScan and QTRouter.
Among the targets of QTFY are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal Reserve, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Hea...