An FBI investigation found that an attempted intrusion into NASA was unsuccessful after the agency patched the software targeted by the hackers.
QTFY has targeted US federal networks since at least 2018, including those belonging to Nasa, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Energy, the Justice Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the US Senate, according to the FBI affidavit. A joint advisory from the FBI, National Security Agency and US Cyber Command also said hackers had successfully stolen data from unnamed defence contractors, financial institutions and universities in May 2024. Attempts to access the networks of the US Senate and a US hospital in March 2026 were unsuccessful.
The US Department of Justice said on Friday that the Senate, Federal Reserve, NASA and several other agencies were “among the targets” of QTFY, a China-linked hacking group accused of conducting a years-long cyber-espionage campaign.
An FBI investigation found that an attempted intrusion into NASA was unsuccessful after the agency patched the software targeted by the hackers.