FBI disrupts China-linked QScan and QTRouter botnets targeting US government infrastructure

The FBI has dismantled two China-linked hacking platforms, QScan and QTRouter, which were utilized to infiltrate high-value targets including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Senate. The operation neutralized the threat actors' ability to exploit IoT vulnerabilities and mask malicious traffic through compromised proxies, though the extent of long-term persistence remains under investigation.