Bright Data: Backdoor in Smart-TV Apps for Proxy Abuse6. June 2026Cybersecurity, RegulationBackdoors in Smart-TV apps enabled Bright Data to compromise millions of devices as uncontrolled proxies for web scraping. Share on:
Researcher Uncovers: Free Apps Misuse Smart-TVs as Unauthorized Web-Scraping Proxies6. June 2026Cybersecurity, RegulationBright Data embeds an SDK in free apps to exploit consumer devices as proxy nodes for web scraping without user consent. Share on:
