Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes
A coalition of private-sector security firms working with Japan’s National Police Agency has disrupted XCPE, a backdoor used to build a massive botnet comprising more than 1.3 million Android devices across more than 200 countries. Google, Lumen, Human Security, Plume, Synthient, and TrendAI participated in the disruption.
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