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

Court documents allege the People's Republic of China (PRC) paid a group of hackers known as Mustang Panda to develop a version of PlugX malware, which was used to infect, control and steal ...

Sekoia.io has found PlugX malware in more than 170 countries. The Mustang Panda group has been conducting infiltration efforts around the world since at least 2014. For instance, cybersecurity ...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) government paid the Mustang Panda group to develop a version of PlugX malware used to infect, control, and steal information from victim computers, the FBI said.

The operation targeted the PlugX malware variant ... targeted a version of PlugX used by a group known as Mustang Panda or Twill Typhoon that's capable of controlling infected computers to ...

The FBI, in conjunction with government and corporate cybersecurity officials in France, deleted “PlugX” malware from thousands of computers across the globe that were targeted by Chinese-based hacker ...

Mustang Panda Paid by Chinese Government to Target Devices An FBI ... the DoJ court-authorized operation to delete PlugX malware proves its commitment to a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to protecting US ...

The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers ... the FBI says the China-based hacking group known by the monikers “Mustang Panda” and “Twill Typhoon” used PlugX ...

The problem is that PlugX ended up infecting so many machines it likely overwhelmed the malware’s infrastructure, possibly causing Mustang Panda to abandon it, according to French cybersecurity ...

Mustang Panda is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group known to target organizations worldwide in data theft attacks using customized versions of the PlugX malware. The threat actors are also ...

Unlike most of the group’s malware ... or publicly available projects. Mustang Panda is known for its customized Korplug variants (also dubbed PlugX) and elaborate loading chains.