Over 9,000 consumer devices in Canada have been compromised by a Beijing-backed hacker group that installed malicious software on hundreds of thousands home and office internet-connected devices worldwide, an assessment done by U.S. authorities has found.
The hacker group called “Flax Typhoon” has controlled and managed a large network of compromised devices—a botnet—that’s been active since mid-2021, says a Sept. 18 “Joint Cybersecurity Advisory“ issued by the FBI and two other U.S. national security agencies along with partner agencies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
