The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted ...

More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other ...

U.S. federal law enforcement said Tuesday it deleted more than 4,000 instances of PlugX malware used in a Chinese ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the FBI has deleted Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in networks across the United States. The malware, controlled by the Chinese ...

Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they have erased Chinese malware from thousands of computers across the United States.

A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) government paid the Mustang Panda group to develop a version of PlugX malware used to infect, control, and steal information from victim computers, the FBI said.

The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers in China — to delete itself across 4,200 infected devices in the US. The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state ...

The FBI, with court approval, removed PlugX malware from 4,258 US computers in a landmark cyber defense operation.

The FBI recently used a court order to delete a strain of Chinese-developed malware that can spread to Windows PCs via infected USB drives. The agency shut down a variant of the PlugX malware ...

Once installed, the malware goes on to “collect and stage the victim’s computer files for exfiltration,” the FBI said. French authorities say the PlugX malware is “used in particular for ...

the FBI executed nine warrants as far back as August of 2024, deleting the PlugX malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers and networks. Advertisement According to court documents, the command sent ...