China hackers targeting Russia have secretly launched cyberattacks on Russian defense systems since the Ukraine war began, despite public claims of a strong alliance. Cybersecurity experts say Chinese ...

The operation aimed to eliminate a cyber threat by the China-based hacking groups known as "Mustang Panda" and "Twill Typhoon" which used PlugX to infect thousands of Windows computers in the US ...

Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2014, the recently unveiled FBI affidavit said. The group targeted government and private business organizations based in the US, Europe, and Asia ...

The FBI’s recent operation successfully removed PlugX malware from thousands of U.S. computers. Credit: J / CC BY 2.0 The FBI, with court approval, has remotely removed PlugX malware from 4,258 ...

Citing court documents, in a release, the DoJ says the PRC government paid the Mustang Panda group to, among other computer intrusion services, develop this specific version of PlugX. Since at least ...

The group, Mustang Panda, used malware called PlugX to access thousands of computers worldwide, according to the Justice ...

Mustang Panda is a PRC-funded hacker group responsible for spreading the PlugX malware. Since 2014, the organization used the malware to access thousands of computer systems.

According to the FBI, it worked on deleting the malware from over 4,000 Windows-based computers, further regarding that PlugX is capable of taking over a computer to steal the files and share them ...

Mustang Panda is a known Chinese cyber-espionage group previously observed targeting government, academic, and religious organizations, particularly in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States.

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 ...