FBI Director Christopher Wray cautioned House lawmakers about Chinese hackers, warning that they are gearing up to "inflict damage and cause real-world harm" to the US. This revelation hardly surprises anyone, given that the so-called "House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the Un...
Director Christopher Wray said that hacking and economic espionage from China is the “defining threat of our generation.”
The FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations, Director Chris Wray said Wednesday. The hacking campaign known as Flax Typhoon installed malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer ...
The ongoing cyberwar between the U.S. and China has a new front: The FBI is warning that certain internet routers are being "hijacked" by Chinese hackers. "It could just be an everyday business or individual, and their device essentially could be turned into a platform for the Chinese go...
ID Tech (formerly FindBiometrics) FBI FBI Warns of Chinese Text Message Interception, Urges Encrypted Apps After ‘Salt Typhoon’ Attack December 11, 2024 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an advisory to American citizens regarding potential text message interception by foreign hackers, fo...
The U.S. has in the past few years become more aggressive in trying to disrupt and dismantle both criminal and state-backed cyber operations, with Wray warning Wednesday that Beijing-backed hackers aim to pilfer business secrets to advance the Chinese economy and steal personal information...
The CISA and FBI have issued an advisory detailing a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign by state-sponsored Chinese hackers that… byDeeba Ahmed November 14, 2024 Security Malware FBI Dismantles Chinese-Linked Botnet of 260,000 IoT Devices
Apublic service announcementfrom the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, said the hackers have been "attempting to identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property (IP) and public health data related to...
Chinese cyber threat actors "have compromised and maintained access to multiple government networks over the past five years, collecting communications and other valuable information," itsaid. "The threat actors sent email messages with tracking images to recipients to conduct network reconnaissance." ...
The PSA is not the first warning the FBI has put out during the COVID-19 pandemic, as hackers have stepped up efforts to target individuals working and socializing online. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencywarned last monththat Chinese-backed hackers were targeting ...