Overview

• The FBI, in collaboration with international partners, dismantled a botnet operated by Chinese hackers known as Flax Typhoon.
• The botnet, named 'Raptor Train,' infected over 260,000 devices including routers, IP cameras, and NAS devices.
• Raptor Train was used to target entities in sectors such as military, government, and telecommunications, primarily in the US and Taiwan.
• The FBI executed court-authorized operations to take control of the botnet infrastructure, issuing commands to remove the malware.
• The botnet was managed by Integrity Technology Group, a Beijing-based company, and had been active since May 2020.