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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. “We assess with high confidence that the backdoor and botnet were intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain by Videostrong Technology,” the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a Monday blog. Videostrong Technology is a hardware manufactur