U.S. officials warn of dire Chinese cyber threats in wake of FBI operation to disrupt botnet

**Executive summary:** The FBI and DOJ used court-authorized measures to disrupt and remove the KV Botnet—part of the China-directed 'Volt Typhoon' campaign—that had infected privately owned Cisco and NetGear routers and was positioning to target U.S. critical infrastructure; U.S. agencies state the activity was a preparatory, nation-state operation with potential for large-scale civilian impact.