Later in September, the feds hijacked a botnet run by another Chinese hacking group called “Flax Typhoon,” which masquerades as a private company in Beijing and whose role was to help conceal ...

The botnet, according to the advisory ... most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks at the time. The Flax Typhoon ...

Flax Typhoon has a history of sophisticated cyberattacks. In this case, the botnet leverages the Mirai malware family, targeting devices with known vulnerabilities in Linux-based operating systems.

The botnet was used to facilitate cyber crimes, such as the theft of sensitive information from victims' networks. “Flax Typhoon’s actions caused real harm to its victims, who had to devote ...

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which ...

The botnet, according to the advisory ... of hackers used it to launch the most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks at the time. The Flax Typhoon operation targeted a large number of ...

The botnet, according to the advisory ... most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks at the time. The Flax Typhoon operation targeted a large number of consumer internet-connected ...

In January, the U.S. disrupted "Volt Typhoon," a group of Chinese government hackers tasked with setting the stage for destructive cyberattacks. Later in September, the feds hijacked a botnet run by ...