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# Cheap streaming box could hijack your home internet

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 3, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cheap-streaming-box-hijack-home-internet  

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## Overview

The Popa botnet reportedly turns millions of cheap Android TV boxes into residential proxies, routing strangers' traffic through your home Wi-Fi.

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