Joint advisory warns China-linked actors deploy botnets of compromised devices to conceal attacks; Raptor Train infected over 200,000 devices in 2024, and Volt Typhoon established footholds in critical US and allied infrastructure.Abstract: This alert describes how state-aligned threat actors use large botnets of compromised internet-connected devices to obscure operations. It highlights the Raptor Train botnet infecting over 200,000 devices in 2024 and Volt Typhoon's footholds in critical infrastructure in the United States and allies, underscoring risk to essential networks and the need for coordinated defense.

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The National Cyber Security Centre and 15 international partners issued a joint advisory warning that China-linked threat actors are hiding attacks behind botnets built from compromised internet devices. The NCSC said one such network, Raptor Train, infected more than 200,000 devices worldwide in 2024. Department of Justice filings cited in the advisory said Volt Typhoon established footholds on critical infrastructure in the United States and allied countries.

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