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Google says one Android partner planted malware on 1.3 million devices to spy on users

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The Verge left
Google says a manufacturer ‘intentionally’ hijacked its devices with malware. www.theverge.com/tech/1024807...

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Krebs on Security center
Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made up of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes that ship with malicious software which secretly rents the user's Internet connection out to strangers and conducts advertising fraud. Experts involved in the takedown say the action is likely to sever the botnet's access to more than 10 million additional compromised systems, including other Internet of Things (IoT) products such as Android-based healthcare devices

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India Today right
Google says one Android partner planted malware on 1.3 million devices to spy on users

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BleepingComputer center · est.
Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming TV boxes that Google says its manufacturer intentionally infected with malware to generate revenue through cybercrime activities. [...]