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Good morning. The Justice Department said Wednesday it seized two hacking platforms, dubbed QScan and QTRouter, tied to a Chinese state-linked firm called Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co., disrupting an operation that had reached into NASA, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, and even the DOJ's own network. This is less a single breach than a law enforcement action against infrastructure used to run many breaches at once, which is why the list of targets reads like a cross-section of the federal government rather than one agency's bad week. It also fits a pattern U.S. officials have leaned into this year: naming and dismantling the tools behind state-linked intrusions rather than just warning about them after the fact. The episode lands alongside a separate, unrelated cyberattack that knocked Boston Scientific's global order systems offline, a reminder that the private sector is absorbing its own steady drumbeat of intrusions even as Washington escalates its response to nation-state hacking. Below: today's five recent stories across markets, AI, policy, and security.

№01 · BUSINESS & FINANCE

Nvidia Forecasts 70% Revenue Growth in Fiscal 2028, Putting It on Track to Surpass Apple and Alphabet

Nvidia's CFO guided for 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028 — well above the 44% Wall Street consensus — which would put projected sales at roughly $673 billion and place the chipmaker ahead of Apple and Alphabet among U.S. tech companies by revenue.

TechEchelon Staff   ·   Read the story →

№02 · CYBERSECURITY

Okta Shares Surge 20% After Beating Estimates as Agentic AI Drives Identity Security Demand

Okta reported fiscal Q2 adjusted EPS of $1.05 and revenue of $805 million, both topping Wall Street estimates, as demand for identity security tools accelerated alongside the growth of agentic AI. Shares rose 20% in after-hours trading.

TechEchelon Staff   ·   Read the story →

№03 · BUSINESS & FINANCE

Salesforce Beats Q2 Estimates as Anthropic Stake Delivers $2.6 Billion Gain

Salesforce posted fiscal Q2 revenue of $11.35 billion and net income up 87% year over year, fueled by a $2.6 billion gain on its Anthropic stake. Agentforce AI annualized revenue surpassed $1.5 billion, rising 240% from a year ago.

Jay Goldberg   ·   Read the story →

№04 · CYBERSECURITY

DOJ Disrupts Chinese State-Linked Hacking Operation Targeting NASA, Federal Reserve, and U.S. Senate

The Justice Department seized two hacking platforms tied to Chinese state-linked firm Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Co., disrupting an operation that targeted U.S. agencies including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the Senate.

TechEchelon Staff   ·   Read the story →

№05 · CYBERSECURITY

Boston Scientific Says Cyberattack Disrupted Global Operations, Halted Order Processing

Boston Scientific confirmed a cyberattack detected on August 25 disrupted its IT systems and halted order processing globally. The medical device maker, which employs 59,000 people across 127 countries, has disclosed the incident to the SEC and brought in outside cybersecurity experts.

TechEchelon Staff   ·   Read the story →

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