LG's Smart TV is ransomware attack

(Hi-TechView) This is the wave of alarm bells security attacks against mobile devices, and both product lines running Android.

With technology enthusiasts today, perhaps the Smart TV has become more common in life by this handy device that brings. However, it seems that the convenience can sometimes bring out the inconvenience, especially in a world rife with pitfalls technology current.

According to the latest update, a member brought Darren nickname Cauthon announced on his Twitter that the Android platform smart TV in the family he had become "a brick" because malware contaminated.

LG's Smart TV form is said to stick ransomware.

Through the pictures that he shared, may find smart TVs stuck in his family of malware is produced by LG. Currently, it seems LG has yet to really eager to give a guide to help Darren Cauthon reset all TV models soiled their malware on the default settings of the manufacturer.

As known, the type of malware makes this smart TV in the form of ransomware shelved. Hacker requirements of the Smart TV victims must pay a $ 500 to unlock the device. Before the work the family's smart TV stick Darren Cauthon ransomware, observers said that Smart TV users to sample the best the Android platform should be careful and probably someday, Smart TV users will have add an anticipatory anxiety attacks remotely, malware, viruses on the Android platform.