The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice on August 26 announced the disruption of a global botnet disruption used by a Chinese state-sponsored group known as QTFY to target U.S. critical infrastructure. In this video, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Brett Leatherman speaks to the significance of the disruption and discusses an associated Joint Cybersecurity Advisory that the Bureau and our partners issued to help defenders protect their networks from the group.
For a full transcript and download, visit: https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/fbi-and-doj-announce-botnet-disruption-082626.mp4/view
To read the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory, visit: https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260826.pdf
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