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Flax Typhoon

Nation-state China Dormant
Mentions
3
First seen
08 Oct 2026
Last seen
09 Oct 2026

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Threat focus:
espionage / apt

Origin

China

Profile

Flax Typhoon is a Chinese state-sponsored cyber actor. Recent reports indicate the actor exploits five vulnerabilities and targets U.S. federal agencies and critical infrastructure. The U.S. and FBI disrupted Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure. CISA set an October 11 deadline for federal agencies.

Affected vendors

Proftpd

Targeted sectors

critical infrastructureGovernmentCritical Infrastructure

Targeted regions

North America

Targeted countries

United StatesUS

Linked CVEs

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Recent activity

ESC

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