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

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The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) have removed China-linked malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers in a court-authorized operation targeting a Beijing-sponsored hacking group.
The court-authorized operation, conducted with French law enforcement and French cybersecurity firm Sekoia.io, targeted a variant of PlugX malware deployed by hackers backed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
According to court documents from the Eastern Dist…

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The Justice Department said it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by hackers backed by China.

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The FBI hacked about 4,200 computers across the US as part of an operation to find and delete PlugX, a malware used by state-backed hackers in China to steal information from victims, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. In an unsealed affidavit, the FBI says the China-based hacking group known by the monikers “Mustang Panda” and “Twill Typhoon” used PlugX to infect thousands of Windows comp…

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Malicious software is just one of the ways hackers can steal data or cause damage to your electronic devices, but two federal agencies undertook major steps to combat it.

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The US says the FBI hacked ~4.2K devices in the US to delete PlugX, malware used by China-backed hackers since 2014, after obtaining warrants in August 2024  —  U.S. authorities have confirmed that they disrupted the operations of a Chinese state-backing hacking group, which infiltrated millions …

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The US says the FBI hacked ~4.2K devices in the US to delete PlugX, malware used by China-backed hackers since 2014, after obtaining warrants in August 2024

The Department of Justice and the FBI have completed a project to remotely remove malware used by Chinese hackers from computers in the US.

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Self-delete commands sent from commandeered server to malware on infected PCs.

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