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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 ...
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FBI confirms deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers in court-authorized operation
The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted ...
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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 ...
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau 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 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 ...
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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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 ...
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FBI Pulls the Plug on PlugX Malware, Removing it From Thousands of Devices
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI jointly announced yesterday a successful operation leading to the removal of PlugX malware from thousands of devices.
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 Removes Malware From Thousands of US Computers
The FBI, with court approval, removed PlugX malware from 4,258 US computers in a landmark cyber defense operation.