Some Alcatel phones were pre-installed with an app that carried malware

According to a report from Upstream, a mobile security firm (via CNET), a weather app pre-installed on certain Alcatel smartphones contained malware that would secretly subscribe owners of these handsets to premium phone numbers. The app, called "Weather Forecast-World Weather Accurate Radar," was not only pre-installed on Alcatel handsets, it also was offered on the Google Play Store; more than 10 million people installed the app on their Android phone

The most interesting part of this story is that the app was developed by Chinese phone manufacturer TCL. Yes, ...

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