FBI disrupts Chinese cyber operation targeting critical infrastructure in the US
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The FBI said the targets included universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, media organizations and nongovernmental organizations.
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Federal security officials disrupted China-sponsored hackers breaching American defenses, enabling access to people's cameras and other internet-connected devices, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
The FBI said the targets included universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, media organizations and nongovernmental organizations.
The FBI has used a court order to seize control of a network of hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices that Chinese government-linked hackers were using to threaten critical infrastructure in the US and overseas, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
A hacker group known as Flax Typhoon was able to infect hundreds of thousands of devices around the world, authorities said. China has denied any involvement in the malicious botnet.
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