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One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet

Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 2, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and "cut ties" with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostrong Technology Co., which has been banned from building or selling certified Android devices or […].

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