# Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies - Krebs on Security

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- Published: 2026-11-03T02:44:43+00:00
- Category: World
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Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies Krebs on Security Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet Google Cloud One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet The Verge Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes The Register Google shuts down a sneaky malware backdoor on millions of Android TV and Google TV boxes 9to5Google

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