Spy Craft

They Didn’t Just Hack Agencies. They Tried to Rent Your Router.

September 3, 2026·3 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

On August 26 the Justice Department said it had seized the domains behind two Chinese state-linked hacking platforms, QScan and QTRouter, used since at least 2018. Some U.S. networks were compromised; others, including a NASA attempt, were not — and DOJ later had to correct its own “everyone was a victim” language. The part that belongs on a personal-protection show is the method: scan cheap internet devices, fold them into a botnet, and hide the real attacker behind your house.

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