The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had blocked a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for providing attack tools to a hacking group backed by the Chinese government to target critical infrastructure. The targets included U.S. power companies and Japanese airports, and Japan's National Police Agency cooperated with the FBI and others.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had blocked attack tools provided by a Beijing-based cybersecurity company. The move was intended to prevent a Chinese government-backed hacking organization from targeting critical infrastructure.
According to the Department of Justice, the tools were provided by Integrity Technology Group, which allegedly supplied the Flax Typhoon hacking group with tools for searching for vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, as well as malware for infiltrating systems and stealing data.
The targets included U.S. power companies and Japanese airports. In Japan, the National Police Agency worked with the FBI and others in responding to the incident. The specific Japanese airports were not disclosed.
The announcement is viewed as part of an investigation into, and international cooperation against, cyberattacks targeting online infrastructure, highlighting the cooperative framework between the United States and Japan.