US disrupts China-backed hacking operation amid warning of threat to American infrastructure

U.S. authorities announced they disrupted a China-backed operation by the state-sponsored group Volt Typhoon that had deployed the 'KV Botnet' on hundreds of end-of-life Cisco and Netgear routers in the U.S.; the activity was described as positioning to enable disruptive, real-world attacks on critical infrastructure, and officials urged improved device security and issued guidance following the takedown.