Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies
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- 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.
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Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies
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Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies
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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.