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FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers

SecurityWeek – The FBI, working in tandem with law enforcement authorities in France, have turned the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, erasing the China-linked remote access trojan from more than 4,200 infected computers in the United States.

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