One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
Photo: The VergeGoogle says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and "cut ties" with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostrong Technology Co., which has been banned
Originally published by The Verge. Summary and curation by DutyStation News.

