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

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 group, Mustang Panda, used malware called PlugX to access thousands of computers worldwide, according to the Justice Department and FBI.

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

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 instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers ... the FBI says the China-based hacking group known by the monikers “Mustang Panda” and “Twill Typhoon” used PlugX ...

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 ...