FBI Warning: China Will Hack US Infra. (via Router Botnet)

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified that China-linked hackers (Volt Typhoon) have been pre-positioning access in U.S. critical infrastructure by infecting end-of-life home and office routers; the DOJ and FBI obtained a court order to disrupt and remove the KV Botnet malware from those devices, noting the threat could enable real-world harm to communications, energy, transportation and water systems.