You know what’s great? Having lots of streaming content available on your TV. What’s not so great is when your quest to stream content results in ransomware bricking your TV. One fellow on Twitter shared the story of an LG TV that caught some nasty malware, and now it’s apparently useless. Perhaps technology has gone too far.
I know what you’re thinking, don’t LG’s TVs run WebOS? They do now, but a few years back LG sold some sets equipped with the now-defunct Google TV.
[So Smart] This man’s smart television with Google TV caught some malware, and now it’s bricked was written by the awesome team at Android Police.