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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 FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
A joint press release from the US Justice Department and the FBI has announced a multi-month law enforcement operation ...
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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 ...
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DOJ: FBI Hacks Over 4,000 US Computers to Remove Chinese Malware 'PlugX' Used for Espionage
According to the FBI, it worked on deleting the malware from over 4,000 Windows-based computers, further regarding that PlugX is capable of taking over a computer to steal the files and share them ...
US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by a group of ...
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FBI Deletes More Than 4,000 PlugX Malware Instances
U.S. federal law enforcement said Tuesday it deleted more than 4,000 instances of PlugX malware used in a Chinese ...
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 ...
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International effort erases PlugX malware from thousands of Windows computers
PlugX is a remote access Trojan (RAT) consisting a malicious DLL that can perform a variety of actions on the infected endpoint, including downloading and deploying new modules or plugins.
A major FBI operation has deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers
After obtaining the necessary court orders, the researchers, together with the Cyber Division of the Paris Prosecution Office ...
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FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
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.