A tech good news/bad news story
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Good news: The government can change things on your computer remotely and without your knowledge to remove malware.
Bad news: The government can change things on your computer remotely and without your knowledge.
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.
Notably, the owners of the infected computers had no knowledge of the operation. The FBI said it was working with ISPs to provide notice to US owners of Windows-based computers affected by the court-authorized operation.
