H96 TV streaming sticks masquerade as phones to fuel massive ad‑fraud scheme
Threat researcher Pedro Falé uncovered that cheap H96 streaming sticks disguise themselves as Android phones, feeding a Chinese‑run ad‑fraud network that clicks AI‑generated ads and rents users’ broadband to strangers. The operation, run by Zhejiang Fengwo IoT, harvests hardware data from tens of thousands of devices, inflating ad revenue while exposing owners to hidden traffic and privacy loss.