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Computer networking company Netgear has sued Huawei in California federal court, claiming the Chinese tech giant broke U.S. antitrust law by refusing to license its patents on reasonable terms.

The United States has disrupted a China-backed malware infestation of hundreds of routers, as the head of the FBI warned Beijing's cyberactors are infiltrating U.S. critical infrastructure.

The operation disrupted a botnet of hundreds of U.S.-based routers that had been hijacked by the Chinese hackers to cover their tracks as they sowed the malware.

U.S. officials said Wednesday they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing is positioning itself to disrupt the daily lives of Americans if the United States and China ever go to war.

The US government has shut down a Chinese government-backed botnet that hijacked "hundreds" of small office and home office routers in the US.The hackers, known to the private sector as 'Volt Typhoon', used privately-owned small ...

Chinese group hacked hundreads of routers but has now been disrupted.

"There has been far too little public focus on the fact that PRC hackers are targeting our critical infrastructure," FBI Director Christopher Wray said.

Computer networking company Netgear, has sued Huawei in California federal court, claiming the Chinese tech giant broke US antitrust law by refusing to license its patents on reasonable terms, reports Reuters. The complaint, filed late on Tuesday, also accused Huawei of fraud, racketeering and other offenses for allegedly withholding patent licenses for technology that Netgear's routers…

Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) The US government has shut down a Chinese government-backed botnet that hijacked "hundreds" of small office and home office routers

U.S. officials said Wednesday they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing is positioning itself to disrupt the daily lives of Americans if the United States and China ever go to war.