The operation took down the Flax Typhoon botnet, targeting routers and IoT devices, impacting critical infrastructure, and underlining the joint efforts to mitigate cybersecurity threats.
Director Wray emphasized the real harm caused by Flax Typhoon, stating that the FBI, in collaboration with partners, executed operations to take control of the botnet's operations.
Wray revealed that when the hackers attempted to migrate to new servers and launched a DDoS attack, the FBI quickly mitigated these efforts and identified the new infrastructure.
He concluded that the attackers, posing as a security company, had a longstanding relationship with Chinese government security, illustrating the threat posed by state-sponsored cyber activities.
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