{
  "id": 18151833,
  "title": "Google, Partners Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device-Strong XCPE Botnet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/google-partners-disrupts-1-3-million-device-strong-xcpe-botnet",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T16:24:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dark Reading",
    "slug": "dark-reading",
    "url": "https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/google-13-million-device-strong-xcpe-botnet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google alleges that Android device manufacturer Videostrong ran the operation, which infected set-top boxes and IoT devices with a backdoor to create infrastructure for criminal activity.",
  "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."
}