The attack took place during working hours in Japan.
Lumen and its partners suspend the operations of the NSOCKS proxy.
Sophos went so far as to install surveillance "implants" in its own devices to catch hackers in the act, which in turn provided insight into the intrusion techniques being developed in research and development in China.
If you own a Synology NAS device, it is advisable to update it as soon as possible.
Several cameras have vulnerabilities that could allow for the leakage of real-time images.
Among the cybersecurity risks that the United States currently faces, few are as concerning as the possibility of sabotage by hackers backed by China.
Cloudflare reports that it successfully neutralized a 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack.