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Google announced the dismantling of a massive botnet comprising 1.3 million devices thanks to a backdoor embedded by a Chinese company in Android TV devices, while taking measures to cut ties and ban the manufacturer.
Google, in collaboration with international partners, has successfully dismantled the XCPE botnet, which infected over 1.3 million smart TVs with pre-installed factory malware.