The Chinese government is running another broad campaign to hack as many American organizations as possible — heightening the threat across critical infrastructure. Why it matters: The new hacking campaign suggests China could hold more expansive power to turn off key U.

"The government’s malware disabling commands, which interacted with the malware’s native functionality, were extensively tested prior to the operation," according to the DOJ.

FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations.

Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders, storage devices, and routers, which was run by a Chinese government hacking group,

The FBI has dismantled a botnet, dubbed Flax Typhoon, used by Chinese-linked hackers to target US infrastructure. FBI Director Christopher Wray disclosed the disruption at a Washington cyber summit. The group operated under the fake firm Integrity Technology Group,

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that American law enforcement has taken down a second significant Chinese hacking gang known as "Flax Typhoon" and taken thousands of hacked devices out of their hands.

The Flax Typhoon campaign used malware it put on cameras, video recorders and home and office routers, to create a massive network of infected computers and commit cybercrimes, the agency says.

U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon" and wrested thousands of compromised devices from its grasp, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency's Cyber Action Team disrupted a second Chinese hacking group that had infiltrated thousands of devices.