AJ Vicens and Raphael Satter report:  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 Department said Friday that the U.S. Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and others were “among the targets...

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Jonathan Greig reports; Chinese government hackers used tools known as “QScan” and “QTRouter” to breach multiple federal agencies since 2018, the Department of Justice said in announcing the takedown of the platforms on Wednesday. The tools were run by China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company and used primarily by China’s Ministry of State Security and...

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Max Rego reports: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed an indictment charging 17 Iranian nationals with targeting American and foreign institutions via a cyber theft campaign on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The 14-count indictment charges 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that has allegedly conducted a...

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Naomi Diaz reports: Boston Children’s Hospital is among roughly a dozen organizations publicly named by security researcher Vangelis Stykas as impacted by a large-scale North Korean hacking operation, Wired reported Aug. 5. The hospital disputes that its own systems were breached, saying the issue traced to a former contractor’s personal device. Mr. Stykas, chief technology officer at...

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Dysruption reports on a critical infrastructure attack in Utah that could have caused more damage than some other recent attacks: Sage Water Resources said workers stopped malicious changes to an automated controller at its oilfield wastewater disposal site near Duchesne, Utah, before the March 15 intrusion caused equipment failure or environmental damage. In an Aug....

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UPDATE:  More than 30 Minnesota community water systems were attacked between Sunday and Monday. Original post: On June 16, media reported that Iran-linked Handala had attacked Cal Water. There was no evidence that they tampered with the water supply, but the group warned it would be increasing attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure. On July 23,...

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Publication: April 7, 2026 Last Update: July 22, 2026 TLP: Clear From the updated version of the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: Executive Summary The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-affiliated cyber targeting of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These actions disrupted PLCs across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors...

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