Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they have erased Chinese malware from thousands of computers across the United States.

The FBI and international partners sent a self-destruct command to PlugX malware More than 4,000 computers in the US alone were cleaned as a result The malware was developed by a Chinese state-sponsored group French cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agents,

The FBI says it was authorized to mass-remove “PlugX” malware from more than 4,000 compromised machines in the United States

The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced the malware to use its "self-delete" function.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has deleted malware planted on more than 4,200 computers by a group of criminal hackers who were backed by the People's Republic of China. The malware,

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI jointly announced yesterday a successful operation leading to the removal of PlugX malware from thousands of devices.

The FBI and French authorities conducted an international operation to remotely delete Chinese malware used by Beijing-linked hackers to steal data from thousands of U.S., European, and Asian computer networks,

The FBI hacked about 4,200 computers across the US as part of an operation to find and delete PlugX, a malware used by state-backed hackers in China to steal information from victims, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.

The FBI worked with French law enforcement to squash a variant of the PlugX malware that spreads through USB drives.

The FBI has gained court approval to put an end to the PlugX malware in the U.S., which has affected over 2.5 million devices globally by infiltrating infected USB drives.The Latest Tech News, Deliver

Malicious software is just one of the ways hackers can steal data or cause damage to your electronic devices, but two federal agencies undertook major steps to combat it.