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Announcementseverity: High2024-01-31

DOJ disrupts KV-botnet of compromised SOHO routers

published by U.S. Department of Justice
Actor
Volt TyphoonCN · ChinaAPT

PRC state-sponsored actor focused on pre-positioning in U.S. critical infrastructure (communications, energy, transportation, water). Heavy use of living-off-the-land techniques and small-office/home…

Summary

DOJ and FBI announced a court-authorized operation that removed Volt Typhoon malware from hundreds of U.S.-based end-of-life Cisco and NetGear SOHO routers that had been co-opted into the KV-botnet used to obscure the actor's operational traffic.

Tags

botnet-takedownsoho-routerkv-botnet

Primary source

justice.gov

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