Executive Summary

U.S. officials have retracted earlier statements that several federal agencies—including the Senate, Federal Reserve, and NASA—were hacked by Chinese spies, now saying those agencies were among the targets of the alleged attacks. The Justice Department revised its statement, indicating the agencies were targeted but not necessarily compromised.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-08-29T15:02:26+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: AJ Vicens and Raphael Satter report: U.S. officials are backpedaling on claims that several government agencies were hacked by Chinese spies, now saying that the organizations were among the hackers’ targets. In a freshly edited statement, the Justice Department said Friday that the U.S. Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and others were “among the targets... Source

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