Security News > 2025 > January > FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
2025-01-14 19:40
Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed criminals, according to newly unsealed court documents.…
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