US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate

August 26, 2026 Zack Whittaker

The Justice Department said that the domain seizures made the botnet and its command and control servers "inoperable," as the domains were hardcoded into the botnet's code and were critical for the botnet's communication and essential operations.

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Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
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The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.

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