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FBI confirms deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers in court-authorized operation
The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted ...
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FBI Crushes PlugX Threat: Major Blow to China's Cyber Espionage Network
The FBI recently achieved a significant victory by removing malicious software called PlugX from over 4,000 computers and ...
FBI Confirms It Deleted Files From 4,258 U.S.-Based Computers
More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other ...
The Hacker News13d
FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of ...
SecurityWeek13d
FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers
Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...
FBI triggers self-destruction of China-backed malware infecting US computers
A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...
FBI Reveals Major Malware Attack From China Group 'Mustang Panda'
The group managed to hack computers in at least 170 countries, giving them considerable access to international ...
The Daily Star10d
FBI hacked thousands of computers. Here is why
The FBI has recently conducted a large-scale operation to hack approximately 4,200 computers across the United States, ...
Greek Reporter12d
FBI Removes Malware From Thousands of US Computers
The FBI, with court approval, removed PlugX malware from 4,258 US computers in a landmark cyber defense operation.
Security Boulevard13d
FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group
A Chinese-based threat group called Mustang Panda was using a variant of the PlugX malware to infected U.S. Windows computers and steal information. The FBI, with help from French authorities and a ...
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches
Plus: New details emerge about China’s cyber espionage against the US, the FBI remotely uninstalls malware on 4,200 US ...
Yahoo11d
The FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
Once the infected PCs were identified, the FBI then sent commands of its own ... the likelihood is high that PlugX infections are much more widespread than indicated by this relatively small ...