Botnet Discovered On 1 million Chinese Mobiles

[engine]

Security researchers say they have discovered a huge botnet running on the smartphones of more than a million unsuspecting mobile users in China.

The devices had been infected by a Trojan-based attack first discovered in 2011, news agency Xinhua reported.

The botnet can allow the smartphones to be hijacked remotely and potentially used for fraudulent purposes.

Botnet Discovered On 1 million Chinese Mobiles [bbc.co.uk]

[lucy24]

See? They always said that any Chinese IP might have a robot at the other end, so better safe than sorry. Here's, er, 1/10 of one percent of the explanation in one fell swoop.

[bill]

That could be a real boon for Apple if they're able to get a China Telecom deal and come across as the safer phone.