Google and partners disrupted a botnet called XCPE that operated on over 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes. The devices were manufactured by Videostrong Technology Co., which implanted backdoors to facilitate ad fraud and data theft. Google took legal action against the infrastructure and banned Videostrong from producing certified Android hardware. The botnet affected devices in more than 170 countries, including nearly 44,000 in the United States. Researchers noted that the malicious code was designed to evade security tests by loading after the initial device boot.
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