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DOJ: FBI Hacks Over 4,000 US Computers to Remove Chinese Malware 'PlugX' Used for Espionage

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently confirmed that it authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hack thousands of US computers to prevent Chinese malware from taking ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Chinese PlugX Malware Deleted in Global Law Enforcement Operation

A version of “PlugX” malware used by Chinese state-backed hackers has been deleted from thousands of US computers worldwide following a multi-month law enforcement operation, the US Department of ...
Engadget

DoJ remotely cleaned thousands of computers infected with Chinese malware

The Department of Justice and the FBI shared today that they have completed a project to remove malware used by Chinese hackers from computers in the US. The effort was essentially a court-approved ...
Yahoo

A major FBI operation has deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers

French cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agents, together with partners from the United States, have successfully removed Chinese-built malware from thousands of infected PCs. In a press release ...
Yahoo

FBI erases China-sponsored malware from thousands of U.S. computers

The FBI on Tuesday announced that it erased malware from more than 4,000 computers across the United States. The malware was under the control of China state-sponsored hackers. File Photo courtesy U.S ...
Nextgov

FBI deleted Chinese malware from 4,200 US computers

The malware’s command server appears to be based in Tokyo and was accessed by French authorities who helped craft the code needed to remove the infection. Cyber Threats FBI Malware The FBI on Tuesday ...
HHS

Chinese Hackers Deploy New PlugX Variant

A remote access Trojan that's a staple of Chinese nation-state hacking is part of an ongoing campaign targeting telecom and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries. Researchers at ...
WGAL

DOJ, FBI delete malware from more than 4,000 infected computers

WHEN IT COMES TO SCAMS IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, MALWARE OR MALICIOUS SOFTWARE IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT BAD AGENTS CAN STEAL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES. PHONES, ...
CSOonline

International effort erases PlugX malware from thousands of Windows computers

The US has again taken court-approved action to remove malware from privately-held internet-connected computers across the country, part of an effort by a number of countries to combat infections of a ...

Windows Server flaw targeted by hackers to spread malware - here's what we know

As part of its October 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative update, Microsoft addressed CVE-2025-59287, a “deserialization of ...
Bleeping Computer

French police push PlugX malware self-destruct payload to clean PCs

The French police and Europol are pushing out a "disinfection solution" that automatically removes the PlugX malware from infected devices in France. The operation is conducted by the Center for the ...
CSOonline

New IE exploit variant used to distribute PlugX malware, researchers say

Researchers from security vendor AlienVault have identified a variant of a recently discovered Internet Explorer exploit that is used to infect targeted computers with the PlugX remote access Trojan ...