{
  "id": 17813650,
  "title": "Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet (Threat Intelligence)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/shutting-the-door-on-the-xcpe-botnet-threat-intelligence",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:29:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1104847/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Google Threat Intelligence blog describes, in great detail , the XCPE botnet, which has just been taken down. Last week, Google and industry partners dismantled the XCPE backdoor which enrolled more than 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet. We assess with high confidence that the backdoor and botnet were intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain by Videostrong…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}