Investigation into Chinese hacking reveals ... - Associated Press News
7 hours ago · In September, the FBI announced that it had disrupted a vast Chinese hacking operation known as Flax Typhoon that involved the installation of malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer devices, including cameras, video recorders and home and office routers. The devices were then used to create a massive network of infected computers, or ...
Investigation into Chinese hacking reveals ... - Anchorage Daily News
2 hours ago · In September, the FBI announced that it had disrupted a vast Chinese hacking operation known as Flax Typhoon that involved the installation of malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer ...
US FBI disrupts second Chinese hacking group, director says
Sep 19, 2024 · U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon" and wrested thousands of compromised devices from its grasp, FBI Director Christopher Wray said...
Justice Department disrupts vast Chinese hacking operation that ...
Sep 18, 2024 · The hacking campaign known as Flax Typhoon installed malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer devices, including cameras, video recorders and home and office routers, to create a massive botnet — a network of infected computers.
Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four …
Sep 18, 2024 · Researchers and law enforcement track the China-state group that worked with Integrity Technology as Flax Typhoon. More than half of the infected Raptor Train devices were located in North...
Flax Typhoon using legitimate software to quietly access …
Aug 24, 2023 · Microsoft has identified a nation-state activity group tracked as Flax Typhoon, based in China, that is targeting dozens of organizations in Taiwan with the likely intention of performing espionage.
Court-Authorized Operation Disrupts Worldwide Botnet Used by …
Sep 18, 2024 · The FBI’s investigation has corroborated Microsoft’s conclusions, finding that Flax Typhoon has successfully attacked multiple U.S. and foreign corporations, universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, and media organizations.
US government 'took control' of a botnet run by Chinese …
Sep 18, 2024 · The Flax Typhoon operation targeted a large number of consumer internet-connected devices. The authorities said they found a database of “over 1.2 million records of compromised devices,...
U.S. and allies seize control of massive Chinese tech spying …
Sep 18, 2024 · The operation, which occurred last week, took aim at a botnet known as Flax Typhoon, which U.S. officials said was run by a government contractor in Beijing, a publicly traded company called...
US FBI disrupts second Chinese hacking group, director says
Sep 18, 2024 · WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon" and wrested thousands of compromised devices from its grasp, FBI Director...