Flax Typhoon Fury: U.S. Sanctions China-Based Hackers Amid Tech Takedown Drama
Flax Typhoon, part of China’s Integrity Technology Group, hacked 200,000 U.S. devices, earning sanctions from the Treasury Department. This cybercrime syndicate joins other Typhoon-named groups, like Volt and Salt, in wreaking havoc on critical infrastructure. It’s like a weather forecast, but instead of rain, it’s raining cyber chaos!
Hot Take:
When it comes to cyber espionage, it seems China is running a stormy weather channel, naming their hackers after every imaginable atmospheric event. First Volt, then Salt, and now Flax? What’s next, a monsoon? At this point, the Treasury Department should consider investing in some heavy-duty umbrellas – or maybe just a really good firewall!
Key Points:
- The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned China-based Integrity Technology Group for hacking into 200,000 devices in the U.S.
- Flax Typhoon, the hacking group behind the breaches, had been previously disrupted by the FBI.
- The botnet, at its peak, infected 260,000 devices, including cameras, routers, and recorders.
- Flax Typhoon targeted U.S. and European entities using VPNs and remote desktop protocols.
- The group is part of a series of Chinese-backed hacking syndicates named after various weather phenomena.
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