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FBI Disrupts Chinese Botnet 'Flax Typhoon' with 260,000 Devices
Sep 18, 2024, 04:35 PM
The FBI has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group known as 'Flax Typhoon,' according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. This group, which posed as an IT firm, was running a botnet comprising 260,000 Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The operation was a joint effort involving multiple U.S. government agencies, including the NSA. The botnet targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad, compromising hundreds of thousands of devices. The FBI's action has wrested thousands of compromised devices from the control of Flax Typhoon. The announcement was made at the Aspen Cyber Summit.
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