FBI Confirms It Deleted Files From 4,258 U.S.-Based Computers
More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other ...
FBI triggers self-destruction of China-backed malware infecting US computers
A malware family known as PlugX is designed to remotely control infected machines, a threat that's existed since 2008. A ...
FBI deletes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of US computers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the FBI has deleted Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in ...
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FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers
Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of ...
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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 ...
FBI hacked thousands of computers to make malware uninstall itself
The FBI hacked about 4,200 computers across the US as part of an operation to find and delete PlugX, a malware used by ...
The FBI Says It Made Malware Delete Itself From American’s Computers
To retrieve information from and send commands to the hacked machines, the malware connects to a command-and-control server ...
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FBI Pulls the Plug on PlugX Malware, Removing it From Thousands of Devices
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI jointly announced yesterday a successful operation leading to the removal of ...
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DOJ: FBI Hacks Over 4,000 US Computers to Remove Chinese Malware 'PlugX' Used for Espionage
According to the FBI, it worked on deleting the malware from over 4,000 Windows-based computers, further regarding that PlugX ...
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based ...
FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced ...