Google begins legal action against BadBox 2.0, 'the largest known botnet of internet-connected TVs' affecting more than 10,000,000 Android devices including *checks notes* picture frames

It's not just your PC or your phone that's a potential cybersecurity risk these days, as Google's recent work uncovering an internet-of-things botnet proves. Researchers working in collaboration with Human Security and Trend Micro revealed the interestingly-named Badbox 2.0 botnet earlier this month, and now Google has confirmed it's beginning legal action against its perpetrators.

After Google and Human's work uncovering the botnet, the FBI released a public service announcement warning...