US confirms takedown of China-run botnet targeting home and office routers

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed on Wednesday that it disrupted a botnet run by a prolific Chinese government hacking operation known as Volt Typhoon. News of the botnet takedown first emerged on Tuesday, when Reuters reported that the Justice Department and FBI got legal authorization from a U.S. court to remotely disable the tools implanted

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