US, Partners Issue Warning on Chinas Covert Attacks Using Routers, Smart Devices

In this photo illustration, a hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch TimesThe United States and global partners issued an advisory on Thursday, warning about the threat posed by China-backed hackers using online networks of compromised devices to attack governments and organizations.“These networks are mainly made up of compromised Small Office Home Office (SOHO) routers, as well as … smart devices,” reads the April 23 joint advisory published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).