U.S. officials warn of dire Chinese cyber threats in wake of FBI operation to disrupt botnet

Photo caption: Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, Jen Easterly, Director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and FBI Director Christopher Wray testify before the House […] Photo credit: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images. Article by AJ Vicens. Cyberscoop – January 31, 2024.

The FBI and U.S. Department of Justice used court-endorsed legal authorities to disrupt a botnet operated as part of Chinese-directed hacking operations that leveraged insecure home and office routers to target U.S. critical infrastructure, the DOJ said Wednesday. A Chinese government hacking campaign, tracked publicly as “Volt Typhoon,” used […]

 

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