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1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by kryllic@programming.dev to c/security@programming.dev

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Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries.

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[–] CaptObvious 8 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Well that’s encouraging. Thank all the gods I only own dumb TVs

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the article about tv boxes that you use with your dumb TV so you can watch streaming stuff on it? I don't think any TVs are affected

[–] CaptObvious 4 points 9 months ago

Seems like that’s true. My bad

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