A backdoor security exploit purposefully pre-installed by
a Chinese ad company on cheap Android phones sold in the United States collected the data of hundreds of thousands of people.
Not exact matches
Aside from falling affiliate and
ad sales, Viacom investors also fretted on Thursday about a snag in the
company's
Chinese movie financing deal, which executives disclosed on the call, noting that
Chinese studio Huahua Media delayed a payment to the
company in June.
No one ever said turning around Yahoo would be easy, Mayer is facing restless investors as
ad revenue remains challenged — and in the wake of the sale of part of the
company's stake in
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
One factor driving Mr. Zuckerberg may be the brisk
ad business that Facebook does from its Hong Kong offices, where the
company helps
Chinese companies — and the government's own propaganda organs — spread their messages.
Facebook actively partners with
Chinese companies to sell
ads to Facebook users outside of China [8].
Android malware known as HummingBad has so far infected 85M devices, putting data at risk, installing further malware and displaying
ads sold by the
Chinese company controlling it.