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Across multiple countries and on a large scale, it seems that low cost Android smartphones are being sold with pre-installed malicious software designed to commit digital advertising fraud. For the unsuspecting users of these smartphones, it results in:
Systematic collection & transfer of personal information to a 3rd country server
Depletion of their mobile data allowance
Ad fraud, which results in fraudulent transactions and charges to their pre-paid airtime
http://www.upstreamsystems.com/pre-i...d-smartphones/
https://bgr.com/2018/07/09/cheap-and...rging-markets/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/app-tra...ata-1530788404
Systematic collection & transfer of personal information to a 3rd country server
Depletion of their mobile data allowance
Ad fraud, which results in fraudulent transactions and charges to their pre-paid airtime
http://www.upstreamsystems.com/pre-i...d-smartphones/
https://bgr.com/2018/07/09/cheap-and...rging-markets/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/app-tra...ata-1530788404