The FBI recently achieved a significant victory by removing malicious software called PlugX from over 4,000 computers and networks across the United States. This malware, created by a hacker group ...

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

Mustang Panda Paid by Chinese Government to Target Devices An FBI ... the DoJ court-authorized operation to delete PlugX malware proves its commitment to a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to protecting US ...

Court documents allege the People's Republic of China (PRC) paid a group of hackers known as Mustang Panda to develop a version of PlugX malware, which was used to infect, control and steal ...

both of which downloaded malware onto compromised machines. In 2023, BlackBerry reported Mustang Panda targeting Myanmar to distribute PlugX through phishing messages that allegedly came from a ...

The malware, a variant of the PlugX malicious software, was under the control of China-state sponsored hackers Mustang Panda, which also goes by Twill Typhoon. According to court documents ...