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Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it

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  • Help Net Security · November 2, 2026 15:50
    Google shut down the servers behind XCPE, a backdoor hidden in the firmware of Android TV set-top boxes. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group attributes the operation with high confidence to Videostrong Technology, the company that manufactured many of those boxes. More than 1.3 million devices were…