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Nov 03 2026 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. Experts involved in the takedown …

Posted by BrianKrebs on Tue 03 November 2026 in Brian Krebs.

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