Afghanistan, Aug. 29 -- The US Department of Justice has revised its earlier claims about a Chinese cyber espionage campaign, saying several federal agencies were targeted by suspected Chinese hackers, but not all were successfully breached.
In a corrected statement issued on Friday, the Justice Department said the US Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA, and several other government agencies were among the targets of a hacking group known as QTFY, which US authorities allege is backed by the Chinese government.
The revised statement replaced an earlier version released on Aug. 26, which described all of the organizations as victims of the cyber campaign. The department said the previous wording was inaccurate because court documents show th...