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.

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 malware, controlled by the Chinese ...

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 ...

First, they tapped the know-how of French intelligence agencies, which had recently discovered a technique for getting PlugX to self-destruct. Then, the FBI gained access to the hackers’ command ...

Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they have erased Chinese malware from thousands of computers across the United States.

The FBI worked to identify infected U.S. computers and obtained nine warrants in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania authorizing the deletion of PlugX. Agents then sent remote commands to each ...

Once the infected PCs were identified, the FBI then sent commands of its own ... the likelihood is high that PlugX infections are much more widespread than indicated by this relatively small ...

This was adopted by the FBI to disinfect US-based devices. Sekoia.io recently reported on the capability to send commands to delete the PlugX version from infected devices. The firm revealed on ...

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Once installed, the malware goes on to “collect and stage the victim’s computer files for exfiltration,” the FBI said. French authorities say the PlugX malware is “used in particular for ...