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  "id": 18012917,
  "title": "Google dismantles massive botnet hidden in Android TV boxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/google-dismantles-massive-botnet-hidden-in-android-tv-boxes",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T19:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/google-dismantles-botnet-hidden-android-tv-boxes"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The overwhelming majority of the infected devices in the X.CPE botnet are Android TV set-top boxes, Google said, adding that they observed a number of other infected Android-based IoT devices, including telehealth devices, karaoke machines and digital signage devices.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Google has fixed Android Auto issues on Samsung Galaxy phones running One UI 9 [U]",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/google-has-fixed-android-auto-issues-on-samsung-galaxy-phones-running",
        "published": "2026-11-03T13:51:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/google-dismantles-botnet-secretly-running-on-1-3-million-android-tv",
        "published": "2026-11-03T17:08:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}