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Five Years, 88,000 Backdoors, and a Pair of Handcuffs: Inside the Global Manhunt That Ended in an Arrest
A five-year joint investigation by cybersecurity firm Huntress and the FBI culminated in an arrest connected to Silk Typhoon, a Chinese state-linked hacking group. The operation tracked the deployment of roughly 88,000 backdoors in Microsoft Exchange servers. The case highlights the growing collaboration between private security researchers and federal law enforcement in combating sophisticated, state-sponsored cybercrime.