FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet

A botnet operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been disrupted by the law enforcement agency and abandoned by the group, FBI Director Chris Wray confirmed on Wednesday. “We executed court-authorized operati… Continue reading FBI forced Flax Typhoon to abandon its botnet

US Disrupts ‘Raptor Train’ Botnet of Chinese APT Flax Typhoon

The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices.
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Chinese Spies Built Massive Botnet of IoT Devices to Target US, Taiwan Military

Black Lotus Labs estimates that more than 200,000 routers, network-attached storage servers, and IP cameras have been ensnared in the botnet.
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