China hits back at US ‘state-sponsored’ cyberattack allegations

China has rejected the allegations of cyberattacks as the United States alleged on Wednesday the country is responsible for waging “state-sponsored” hacking times on several institutions including NASA, Senate and the Federal Reserve. According to the Justice Department’s statement, the government had captured two internet domains belonging to two hacking platforms called QScan and QTRouter. The statement alleged that these domains were created and operated by a Chinese state-sponsored group. FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that Chinese government actors used specific platforms to target US critical infrastructure and sensitive networks, deploying the tools primarily “to hide the origin of their…