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U.S. officials revise claims that Chinese hackers breached government agencies

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The U.S. Justice Department said Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into or targeted the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve and the Senate, while identifying two platforms as involved in the activity.Backed by 1 sourcesCNA

Reuters reported that U.S. officials later revised their claims, saying the agencies were targets rather than definitively hacked.Backed by 1 sourcesReuters

The reported initial account identified the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve and the Senate as agencies breached by hackers.Context supported by 2 independent sourcesjustice.govusatoday.com CNBC described the Federal Reserve, NASA and Justice Department as targets of Chinese state-sponsored hackers.Context from one sourceCNBC

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