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Flax Typhoon
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FBI Seizes Flax Typhoon Hacking Tools Linked to Chinese Contractor
The FBI and DOJ seized domains and disrupted scanning and spear-phishing tools used by Flax Typhoon, a China-linked…
US Disrupts Global Botnet Used by China-Linked QTFY Hackers
The FBI and DOJ disrupted a global botnet used by QTFY to compromise IoT devices and conceal attacks against US government agencies and critical infrastructure.
Salt Typhoon APT Targets Global Telecom and Energy Sectors, Says Darktrace
The China-linked Salt Typhoon APT group attacked a European telecom via a Citrix NetScaler vulnerability in July 2025, Darktrace reports. This follows past US Army and telecom breaches.
US Telecom Breaches Widen as 9 Firms Hit by Chinese Salt Typhoon Hackers
The Wall Street Journal reports that Charter, Consolidated, and Windstream have been added to the growing list of…
U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Cyberattacks
US sanctions Beijing-based Integrity Technology Group for aiding “Flax Typhoon” hackers in cyberattacks on American infrastructure, freezing assets…
China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks AT&T and Verizon, Accessing Wiretap Data: Report
China’s Salt Typhoon hacked AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, compromising wiretap systems used in criminal investigations. The breach, linked…
FBI Dismantles Chinese-Linked Botnet of 260,000 IoT Devices
The FBI, in collaboration with U.S. government agencies, dismantled a Chinese state-backed botnet known as Flax Typhoon, comprising…
Microsoft: Chinese APT Flax Typhoon uses legit tools for cyber espionage
Researchers believe that this time instead of cyber espionage, Chinese threat actors may have opted for more complex information ops.