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 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.
Fbi Forces Chinese Malware To Delete Itself From Thousands Of Us Computers
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Tue, 01/14/2025 - 3:51pm
BING NEWS:
- FBI remotely deletes Chinese malware from thousands of U.S. computers in a court-approved cyber move
The FBI and French authorities conducted an international operation to remotely delete Chinese malware used by Beijing-linked hackers to steal data from thousands of U.S., European, and Asian computer ...
01/14/2025 - 10:14 am | View Link - DOJ, FBI delete malware from thousands of infected computers
The malware, which authorities said was developed by China-backed hackers, was used to infect, control and steal information from victims' computers.
01/14/2025 - 10:06 am | View Link - DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers
The FBI says it was authorized to mass-remove “PlugX” malware from more than 4,000 compromised machines in the United States ...
01/14/2025 - 8:56 am | View Link - FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed ...
01/14/2025 - 6:44 am | View Link - FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
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.
01/14/2025 - 4:51 am | View Link - More
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