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Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies
TL;DRResearchers shut down a botnet using 1.3M hijacked TV boxes for proxy fraud.
Why it matters: Shows how consumer devices become attack infrastructure; highlights supply chain security risks.
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…
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