Justice Department seizes domains behind China-linked "Flax Typhoon" hacking tools
The release lists the alleged targets, which shows how broad the scanning was.
The Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized seizures of seven domains used by two intrusion tools, Microscan (vulnerability scanning) and FishHub (spear phishing). Court documents allege that people working for Integrity Technology Group, a Chinese company with Chinese government contracts, used them in the activity known as Flax Typhoon. The department says targets included a South Carolina power company, Japanese and Polish airports, Taiwanese energy companies and about 20 Taiwanese universities. These are allegations in court documents. It is the department's second disruption of the company's operations in two years.
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Mirai (malware)
After exploring Justice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers, the botnet family named in the court documents is Mirai (malware).
Mirai turns Linux-based devices like IP cameras and home routers into remotely controlled bots. Found in 2016, it powered some of the largest DDoS attacks on record, including the October 2016 attack on Dyn.
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