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 agency has successfully put an end to the reign of the PlugX malware in the U.S., which has affected over 2.5 million devices globally by infiltrating infected USB drives, PCMag noted. Working ...

In a statement Tuesday, the Justice Department and the FBI said that on Jan. 3 that they had concluded a five month effort to quietly delete a version of the PlugX malware from computers in the US.

The malware, a variant of the PlugX malicious software, was under the control of China-state sponsored hackers Mustang Panda, which also goes by Twill Typhoon.

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 FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers in China — to delete itself across 4,200 infected devices in the US. by Emma Roth. Jan 14, 2025, 4:32 PM UTC ...

PlugX is a Remote Access Trojan that has been around since at least 2008, according to Malpedia, and has been a favorite tool of a notorious Chinese hacking group that is often referred to as ...

The malware, which authorities said was developed by China-backed hackers, was used to infect, control and steal information from victims' computers. Skip to content NOWCAST WGAL News 8 Today at 6 ...

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 ...

Antivirus provider Sophos also noticed that PlugX infections were communicating to a single IP address at 45.142.166[.]112, which belonged to the hosting provider GreenCloud.