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Google-led coalition cuts off botnet hidden in Android TV boxes

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For years, cheap Android TV boxes from white-label brands shipped with a hidden passenger. The firmware carried a backdoor that turned buyers' devices into residential proxy nodes and ad-fraud engines, using home internet connections without consent.

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