[HIGHLIGHTS] They wanted to hit US infrastructure, China's hacker network was destroyed - Cybersecurity

The FBI has announced that it has dismantled a Chinese hacker network known as 'Volt Typhoon' The agency's director Christopher Wray explained in a hearing before a congressional committee that in May 2023 the United States and its allies accused the Chinese-backed group of having infiltrated US strategic networks. Deputy Attorney General Matthew Olsen, who works in the Justice Department's national security division, said Volt Typhoon's access to U.S.

infrastructure is something China "could exploit in a future crisis," he added.