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.
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...
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...
Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war
Oct 13, 2024 · Flax Typhoon, first outed in an August 2023 report from Microsoft, is another China-backed hacking group that officials say has operated under the guise of a publicly traded cybersecurity...
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.
Chinese botnet infects 260,000 SOHO routers, IP
Sep 18, 2024 · Speaking at the Aspen Cyber Summit earlier this month, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that Flax Typhoon worked at the direction of the Chinese government. To remove the threat, the FBI...
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.
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 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,...
FBI director says Chinese spies 'burned down' their botnet
Sep 18, 2024 · A Beijing-run crew called Flax Typhoon had been building the Mirai-based botnet since 2021 and was accused of spying on Taiwanese networks by Microsoft in 2023, although that claim is disputed. Wray said Flax was lately taking aim at US critical infrastructure, government, and academics.
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