Just-us Dept. and FBI Win - forces China's malware to self-delete
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Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers
Court-Authorized Operation Removes PlugX Malware from Over 4,200 Infected U.S. Computers
If I read the story right, a French cybersecurity company identified and hijacked a command-and-control server that controls a certain malware from China. The FBI works with French law enforcement to use that command-and-control server to send "self-delete" commands to the malware on infected U.S. computers.
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