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U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

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… 

Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say

Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say

A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found.  The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the…