A Chinese software company planted a backdoor that ended up in widely used consumer hardware -- including (Google) Android TV boxes. Yet Google didn't bother to check until criminals deployed botnets using those boxes. Banning the company is too little, way too late. https://betanews.com/article/google-bans-videostrong-xcpe-tv-box-botnet/
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To be safe:
"Shoppers should buy streaming hardware only from reputable manufacturers (like, Google?), stick to trusted app stores (ditto) and keep Google Play Protect switched on (which totally missed this one."
So, pretty much just do what worked this time.