FBI Director Wray reveals details on Flax Typhoon using internet connected devices to impact U.S. networks

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced a takedown today of Flax Typhoon, a cyber threat actor operating through Chinese information security firm Integrity Technology Group, that is focused on hijacking internet connected devices.

“Flax Typhoon was targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. and overseas, everyone from corporations and media organizations to universities to government agencies, and like Volt Typhoon, they used Internet connected devices…to create a botnet that helped them compromise systems and exfiltrate confidential data,” Wray said in a speech...