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

Tech | 2026-08-26 at 17:01 UTC | Source: techcrunch.com
The FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach several U.S. government departments.
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