US Disrupted Volt Typhoon by Hijacking, Wiping Botnet Routers

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The US government said it disrupted a uniquely dangerous and potentially life-threatening Chinese hacking operation known as Volt Typhoon by covertly hijacking and wiping hundreds of infected routers that were used to target American and allied critical infrastructure networks.

Senior officials described the operation in unusually blunt terms as part of an evolving and increasingly worrisome campaign by Beijing to get a foothold in US computer networks responsible for everything from safe drinking water to aviation traffic so it could detonate, at a moment’s notice, damaging cyberattacks during a future conflict, including over Taiwan.

The announcement was part of an effort by senior Biden administratio…