Major U.S. agencies targeted by Chinese hackers

(The Center Square) - U.S. officials disrupted a plot by Chinese hackers to infiltrate online systems at several high level executive agencies. 

The U.S Justice Department found a state-sponsored group associated with the People's Republic of China was responsible for targeting sensitive networks and critical infrastructure at NASA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, Departement of Energy, Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Senate.