Revealed: China’s Tecno sold thousands of smartphones with malware in Africa

 

In Summary

The company’s investigation found evidence in code and traffic data to link at least one of the xHelper components to fraudulent subscription requests via Transsion’s Tecno W2 handset. 
Its analysis was carried out on phones from existing users and newly purchased handsets.Software that eats up mobile data and registers people for unwanted subscriptions has been found