US Disrupts Chinese Botnet Supporting Attacks on Critical Systems

The US government has disrupted a botnet operated by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as “Volt Typhoon,” known for attacking critical infrastructure in the country. The botnet, named ‘KV Botnet,’ had infected hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers in the United States, mostly Cisco and Netgear equipment that run out of date firmware susceptible to …

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