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Wray is appearing Wednesday before a House select committee focused on China.

The 'Volt Typhoon" operation targeted U.S. infrastructure, the FBI director said

The operation was launched to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, sources say.

​​The Biden administration has increasingly focused on hacking, not only for fear nation states may try to disrupt the U.S. election in November, but because ransomware wreaked havoc on Corporate America in 2023.

The U.S. has initiated a crackdown on a widespread Chinese cyber espionage effort known for breaching numerous internet-connected devices globally, according to Reuters.

The hacking group has especially alarmed intelligence officials who say it is part of a larger effort to compromise Western critical infrastructure.

Volt Typhoon works by taking control of a large number of vulnerable digital devices, like routers, modems and internet-connected security cameras.

American authorities got legal authorization to remotely disable aspects of a Chinese-based hacking campaign, sources have told Reuters. The news agency said in an exclusive story Monday that the action against the hacking group, dubbed Volt Typhoon by Microsoft and other threat researchers, came because the government worries it's part of a larger effort to

An operation to take down the Chinese APT’s sophisticated botnet was authorized by the White House, according to Reuters.

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