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Google disrupts Android TV box botnet of 1.3 million devices
Original: 📺🚨 Google just disrupted a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV boxes, and says the manufacturer i
Google says it disrupted a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV boxes, used for ad fraud and routing other people's internet traffic. The company claims the manufacturer, Videostrong, deliberately built a backdoor into the devices and sold access to criminals. Security commentators are highlighting the unusually serious allegation that a device maker itself enabled the scheme.
Why now: The allegation that a manufacturer intentionally embedded a backdoor and sold access is rare and raises concerns about trust in cheap Android TV hardware.
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- 📺🚨 Google just disrupted a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV boxes, and says the manufacturer itself, Videostrong, intentionally built the backdoor in and sold access to criminals. They used people's boxes for ad fraud and to route strangers' internet… · techygeek@infosec.exchange · 4
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