The FBI just closed a backdoor into thousands of computers by telling the malware to delete itself.
It was that very server that allowed the FBI to finally kill this pesky bit of malicious software.
Then it sent a command via the server that causes PlugX to delete itself from its victims computers.
Federal Bureau of Investigation seal© Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images
PlugX is likely far from dead, though.
For now, at least some of PlugXs operations have been neutered, so thats something.
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