The FBI has disrupted a group of Chinese hackers who were working at the direction of the Chinese government to infiltrate critical infrastructure in the U.S. and other countries and to spy on and steal data from universities, government agencies and others, Director Chris Wray said Wednesday. The hacking campaign…

FBI director says China-backed hackers, known as Flax Typhoon, infiltrated internet-connected devices

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency's Cyber Action Team disrupted a second Chinese hacking group that had infiltrated thousands of devices.

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WASHINGTON: US law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon", FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday (Sep 18), wresting thousands of compromised devices from its grasp. Speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Washington, Wray said Flax Typhoon was be

FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders, storage devices, and routers, which was run by a Chinese government hacking group, FBI director Christopher Wray and U.S....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has disrupted a group of Chinese hackers who were working at the direction of the Chinese government to infiltrate critical infrastructure in the U.S. and other countries and to spy on and steal data from universities, government agencies and others, Director Chris Wray said Wednesday.