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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...

The group managed to hack computers in at least 170 countries, giving them considerable access to international ...

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.

Or, in this case, malware, self-destruct. A joint press release from the US Justice Department and the FBI has announced a ... the likelihood is high that PlugX infections are much more widespread ...

now includes further technical analysis and timelines of the PlugX malware from threat operations experts and information regarding the implications of the FBI using remote methods to delete the ...