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 ...

Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez on Monday maintained that phone hacking in the United States, allegedly ...

PlugX is a remote access Trojan (RAT) consisting a malicious DLL that can perform a variety of actions on the infected endpoint, including downloading and deploying new modules or plugins.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by a group of ...

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 Justice Department granted the FBI its court-authorized operation against the Chinese malware known as "PlugX" back in August 2024, and the law enforcement authorities sifted through thousands ...

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 ...

Update, Jan. 17, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 15, now includes further technical analysis and timelines of the PlugX malware from threat operations experts and information regarding ...

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the intelligence agency was able to successfully get PlugX, a piece of malware utilized by Chinese state-sponsored hacker groups to ...

In a press release last year, French prosecutors said the malware — known as “PlugX” — had infected several million computers globally, including 3,000 devices located in France.

The agency shut down a variant of the PlugX malware that spread to 2.5 million devices worldwide. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it had secured court authorization to delete the ...