The Chinese government-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon, previously exposed as targeting US critical infrastructure, has a covert data transfer network comprised of obsolete SOHO routers.
American malware hunters have discovered this impossible-to-kill botnet. An additional layer of complexity to the effort to lessen the damage caused by Volt Typhoon infections that were initially detected at critical infrastructure organizations in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, is the discovery of the botnet, which is filled with obsolete Cisco, Netgear, and Fortinet devices.
Volt Typhoon has infiltrated thousands of communications-related organizations, having been identified by Microsoft and US government officials as a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) with the potential to compromise vital communications infrastructure.
Read More: Chinese APT Volt Typhoon Linked to Unkillable SOHO Router Botnet
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