The Justice Department and FBI seized hacking tools tied to Flax Typhoon and China-based Integrity Technology Group, aiming to cut off access to Microscan and FishHub. U.S. agencies said the group is using scanning tools, botnets, and spearphishing to target critical infrastructure and steal sensitive data worldwide. #FlaxTyphoon #IntegrityTechnologyGroup #Microscan #FishHub
Keypoints
- The FBI and DOJ seized two hacking tools linked to Flax Typhoon and Integrity Technology Group.
- The seized tools were Microscan, a vulnerability scanner, and FishHub, a spearphishing tool.
- U.S. officials said Integrity Technology Group was sanctioned and previously targeted in a takedown operation.
- The advisory said the actors use botnets, scanning, cross-site scripting, and password spraying to breach networks.
- Victims include U.S. critical infrastructure, power companies, airports, universities, and Taiwanese institutions.
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