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 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 ...

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 U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI confirmed that a court-authorized operation allowed the remote removal of malware files from 4,258 U.S.-based computers. The operation targeted the PlugX ...

PlugX first surfaced in 2008 when it was used ... the U.S. entities plan to remove the malware from domestic PCs, the FBI testified in an affidavit that it has tested this self-delete command ...

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 ...

The FBI said Mustang Panda is paid by the Chinese government to provide it with computer intrusion services, including through the use of PlugX. Related Biden removes Cuba's designation as state ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The program, dubbed PlugX, was spread by the Twill Typhoon hacking unit, sponsored by China’s central government. The FBI has tracked PlugX variants since 2012, which have been used to remotely ...