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A China-nexus infrastructure provider operates as a 'quartermaster' offering reconnaissance, proxy orchestration, and traffic routing services to Chinese cyber espionage actors. The operation consists of four interconnected components: QScan for target reconnaissance, Fast Labyrinth providing encrypted relay networks through co-opted commercial proxy infrastructure, QTRouter managing access to proxy systems, and QTProxy controlling operational nodes. The infrastructure targets research universities, defense networks, government agencies, and critical infrastructure globally, particularly in the U.S., U.K., and Asia-Pacific regions. By exploiting commercial 'Airport' proxy services designed to bypass China's Great Firewall, specifically fastlink.ws, the quartermaster enables multiple threat actors to conduct operations while maintaining anonymity through shared infrastructure, representing a significant evolution in state-sponsored cyber operations.