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Justice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers
U.S. Department of Justice published "Justice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers" at 2026-10-08 12:00 UTC. First seen on Kresmion 2026-10-08 17:16 UTC, 5 h after publication.
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- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Source
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Kind
- Release
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Topics
- Enforcement
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- Published (source time)
- 2026-10-08 12:00 UTC
- First seen on Kresmion
- 2026-10-08 17:16 UTC, 5 h after publication
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The publisher's summary
Today the Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized seizures to deny malicious cyber actors access to two hacking tools, “Microscan” and “FishHub,” used to scan and, in some cases, hack, U.S. and foreign critical infrastructure systems and other networks.
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