Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon hacks 

It’s the first formal attribution for the campaign that has swept up data from at least nine telecoms and the Treasury Department. 

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U.S. sanctions take aim at Chinese company said to aid hackers’ massive botnet

A joint takedown operation last year sought to disrupt Flax Typhoon’s compromise of hundreds of thousands of devices.

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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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FBI joint operation takes down massive Chinese botnet, Wray says

Flax Typhoon targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad and compromised hundreds of thousands of devices, the FBI director said.

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