• Nov 16, 2016 |
• Caleb Chen |
• General Privacy News, Governments,

120,000 US smartphones found to send private data back to China; millions of Chinese presumably still affected

A secret backdoor in some Android smartphones has been discovered by Kryptowire, an American security firm. Kryptowire announced their findings in a press release early Tuesday morning. The backdoor was made by Shanghainese company AdUps at the behest of an unnamed Chinese phone manufacturer. The backdoor is located in the smartphone’s firmware and was discovered on … Continue reading “120,000 US smartphones found to send private data back to China; millions of Chinese presumably still affected”

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