The FBI announced Wednesday it disrupted a major operation by Chinese hackers designed to infiltrate crucial infrastructure in the U.S. and overseas.
According to an advisory released by the U.S. and its "Five Eyes" allies (an English-speaking alliance that includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Great Britain), the FBI used a court order to seize control of a network containing hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices Chinese government-linked operatives were using to inflict damage on the U.S. and its allies.
"It is just one round in a much longer fight," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a speech at the Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C., according to CNN. "The Chinese government is going to continue to target your organizations and our critical infrastructure."