Google says an Android partner turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet

Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor into 1.3 million devices, turning them into a botnet. Google says it has dismantled the backdoor and cut ties with the partner.

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1. 2 Nov, 20:37 UTCFirst appeared on The Verge
2. 2 Nov, 20:37 UTCGoogle says it dismantled backdoor, cut ties

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• One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnetThe Verge
• One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnetThe Verge