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Samsung and LG vow to remove 'botnet' apps from their smart TV app stores that turned sets into an AI scraping machines — but the shocking claim that over 40% of webOS apps had botnet code raises the

Your TV may have been busy…
Malware botnets route traffic through the internet connection on many smart TVs
Roku, Fire TV, Tizen and webOS all affected
Some manufacturers are removing affected apps
LG, Samsung, Roku and Fire TV televisions and devices may have been part of a ma... [3221 chars]
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