The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced the malware to use its "self-delete" function.

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

The FBI confirmed the deletion of Chinese malware from 4,258 U.S.-based computers in a court-authorized operation that lasted several months. The op targeted a version of PlugX used by the group ...

The FBI just closed a backdoor into thousands of computers by telling the malware to delete itself. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the intelligence agency was able to ...

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 says it was authorized to mass-remove “PlugX” malware from more than 4,000 compromised machines in the United States ...

The FBI on Tuesday said that it conducted a multi-month operation to jettison a Chinese government-backed malware program from more than 4,200 infected U.S. computers that was designed to infect ...

The Department of Justice and FBI said they deleted malware from thousands of infected computers during a months-long law enforcement operation alongside international partners.

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

FBI Interrupts Chinese Hackers Targeting Consumer Devices The Flax Typhoon campaign used malware it put on cameras, video recorders and home and office routers, to create a massive network of ...

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