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Taiwan says China’s attacks on its energy sector increased tenfold

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged APT41, china, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber-espionage, Energy, Flax Typhoon, government, Mustang Panda, Taiwan

The National Security Bureau in Taiwan says that China’s attacks on the country’s energy sector increased tenfold in 2025 compared to the previous year. A report from the agency highlights that attackers targeted critical infrastructure in nine key sectors, and the total number of cyber incidents linked to China grew by 6%. The emergency rescue […]

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US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 geekfeed0Tagged china, Department of the Treasury, Flax Typhoon, Flax Typhoon hackers, hacking group, Sanctions, Treasury Department, united states

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored Flax Typhoon hacking group. As the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Friday, the Chinese state-sponsored hackers used the company’s infrastructure to launch attacks targeting networks of victims in Europe and […]

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Chinese botnet infects 260,000 SOHO routers, IP cameras with malware

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 geekfeed0Tagged APT, Botnet, china, Chinese botnet, Flax Typhoon, IoT, IP cameras, malware, Raptor Train, SOHO Router

The FBI and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted a massive Chinese botnet called “Raptor Train” that infected over 260,000 networking devices to target critical infrastructure in the US and in other countries. The botnet has been used to target entities in the military, government, higher education, telecommunications, defense industrial base (DIB), and IT sectors, mainly in […]

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