One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
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Google says a manufacturer ‘intentionally’ hijacked its devices with malware. Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and “cut ties” with the …
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