The FBI on Tuesday announced that it erased malware from more than 4,000 computers across the United States. The malware was under the control of China state-sponsored hackers. File Photo courtesy ...

The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced the malware to use its "self-delete" function.. The People's Republic ...

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 FBI on Tuesday said that it conducted a multi-month operation to jettison a Chinese government-backed malware program from more than 4,200 infected U.S. computers that was designed to infect ...

The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted several months. The op targeted a version of PlugX used by the group ...

The FBI just closed a backdoor into thousands of computers by telling the malware to delete itself. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the intelligence agency was able to ...

The Department of Justice and FBI said they deleted malware from thousands of infected computers during a months-long law enforcement operation alongside international partners.

During 2024, the FBI carried out several operations involving malware removal and taking control of malicious botnets, with the aim of disrupting Chinese-backed campaigns targeting U.S. critical ...

The FBI has revealed details of a huge international cyberattack carried out by a Chinese hacker organization. The group, Mustang Panda, used malware called PlugX to access thousands of computers ...

The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers in China — to delete itself across 4,200 infected devices in the US. by Emma Roth Jan 14, 2025, 4:32 PM UTC ...

Any time the FBI does this, I have 2 main questions: 1. What, if any entities got a heads up about this malware? Did they roll good IR to catch secondary infections or just ignore it? 2. Was there ...