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#6 SecurityWeek general August 27, 2026 at 09:01 UTC

US Disrupts Chinese Hacking Platform Used in Military and Critical Infrastructure Attacks

By Eduard Kovacs

AI Summary

The FBI disrupted the infrastructure of QTFY, a China-linked hacking-for-hire platform that provided proxy routing, reconnaissance, and operational support for Chinese government cyber operations targeting U.S. military and critical infrastructure. The operation dismantled a technical 'quartermaster' service that enabled multiple Chinese espionage campaigns, removing a shared enabler used across multiple threat actor groups. This disruption follows a broader U.S. government pattern of targeting the support infrastructure underpinning Chinese state-sponsored cyber operations.

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