Sanctionseverity: High2024-09-18
FBI disrupts 260,000-device Flax Typhoon IoT botnet
published by U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Actor
PRC state-affiliated intrusion set operating through Integrity Technology Group — a Beijing-based, publicly-traded cybersecurity contractor sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury OFAC in January 2025. Speci…
Summary
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced at the Aspen Cyber Summit that the FBI and partners had disrupted a botnet of 260,000+ compromised IoT devices (routers, IP cameras, NVRs, storage devices) operated by PRC-affiliated Flax Typhoon, identified as operating through Integrity Technology Group — a Beijing-based publicly-traded cybersecurity contractor. Of the compromised devices, approximately half were in the United States. Treasury OFAC subsequently sanctioned Integrity Technology Group in January 2025.
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