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WASHINGTON \u2014 The United States said Wednesday that \u200bit had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins at the U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, \u200cthe U.S. Senate, and other sensitive government agencies.In a statement, the Justice Department said \u2060that it had seized domains used \u200bby two hacking platforms, dubbed "QScan" \u2060and "QTRouter," which it said had been used as part of \u200cthe campaign. An affidavit \u200cidentified the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Health \u2060and Human Services, the National Institutes \u2060of Health, and four unnamed companies in the United States and South Korea as being among the hackers' victims.The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Beijing routinely denies responsibility for hacking activity.The Justice Department said \u200cthat the platforms were run by a \u200bChina-based firm, the Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company, whose clients it said included China's civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security and its military, the People's Liberation Army.Reuters could not immediately locate contact details for Nanjing Xinjiuwei.The affidavit said the group's computer infrastructure had been used to compromise critical infrastructure and \u200bother sensitive networks in the U.S. and worldwide since at least 2018.Experts \u200cwho follow Chinese \u200ccyber activity \u2060say that private contractors routinely carry out high-profile intrusions on behalf of various Chinese government agencies."Over the last decade, the number of companies offering niche offensive services has exploded," said Dakota Cary, a China \u200canalyst with cybersecurity company \u200bSentinelOne.Contributing: \u2060Bhargav Acharya, \u200bKatharine Jackson and David Shepardson
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