9/4/2026
Tech Pulse · cloud-infra

US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate

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US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
The Justice Department said that the domain seizures made the botnet and its command and control servers "inoperable," as the domains were hardcoded into the botnet's code and were critical for the botnet's communication and essential operations.
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US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate — Tech Pulse