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Sanctions chinese government contractors hiring linen typhoon hackers author january. The u.S. State department imposed sanctions on beijing-based cybersecurity company chengxin technology group, a government contractor of the republic of china, saying it was involved in malicious botnet operations targeting u. S. Victims.

The u.S. State department said in a press release on friday macedonia telegram data that chinese hackers known as , working for , are targeting critical infrastructure in the united states and overseas. The company was the focus of an operation announced by the u.S. Department of justice in march that disrupted a botnet created by and infected more than 100 consumer devices in the united states.

In the united states and globally, according to the release. "These multi-agency efforts reflect our government-wide approach to protect and defend against chinese cyber threats to critical u. S. Systems and our allies and partners," the state department said in a friday press release. The united states will continue to use every tool at its disposal to protect u.