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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points separating the most left-leaning from the most right-leaning headline. Both USA Today and ABC employed straightforward, factual language without ideological coloring. USA Today anchored its headline in a government attribution — "US says" — and used the plain, accessible verb "broke into," while ABC attributed the claim to the FBI specifically and broadened the scope of targets, noting "government agencies, hospitals and military." Neither outlet used charged or politicized language; both treated the story as a straightforward national-security report. The only meaningful difference between the two headlines is one of sourcing and scope — USA Today named specific institutions such as the DOJ, NASA, and the Federal Reserve, while ABC emphasized the range of sectors targeted. No discernible ideological framing separated the outlets.