Samsung Expels Proxy Software Following Security Alerts Over Smart TV Botnets

By Zack Whittaker · TechCrunch · 2026-08-03

According to TechCrunch, Samsung is purging applications from its smart TV ecosystem that covertly turn consumer hardware into exit nodes for residential proxy networks. Security researchers at Mnemonic discovered that even featured games could funnel third-party web traffic thro

According to TechCrunch, Samsung is purging applications from its smart TV ecosystem that covertly turn consumer hardware into exit nodes for residential proxy networks. Security researchers at Mnemonic discovered that even featured games could funnel third-party web traffic thro