Google Chromecast Exploit Found and Used by Hackers

Like many other new devices that are being released nowadays, Google?s Chromecast has already been rooted.

It was less than a week ago that the name Chromecast first appeared on the Internet, and hackers have already found a way to gain root access to the hardware.

There?s an exploit package online that erases the existing system partition and installs a new system image.

While GTVHacker notes that the current exploit is unlikely to come to use for regular people, it creates a foundation that allows researchers to investigate the environment.

Developers will also get a chance to build and test software on their Chromecasts. This basically means that we could get custom apps for the device quite soon.

They have also learned that Chromecast runs a modified version of a Google TV release and not an offshoot version of ChromeOS.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chromecast-Exploit-Found-and-Used-by-Hackers-371828.shtml

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