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Google, Partners Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device-Strong XCPE Botnet
First reported by Dark Reading ·
The signal
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Brief pending · reported by Dark Reading, the single source so far
What happened
Google alleges that Android device manufacturer Videostrong ran the operation, which infected set-top boxes and IoT devices with a backdoor to create infrastructure for criminal activity.
Source description shown. AI brief pending.
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