Many cheap Android smartphones have preinstalled programs to steal money

Some markets have traditionally been dominated by cheap Android smartphones. Often the manufacturers of such devices

compromises have to be made for cost, anddevices may not receive the highest quality materials or outdated hardware. And recent history has shown what happens when manufacturers don't pay the necessary attention to safety.

On cheap Chinese Android smartphones in AfricaFound pre-installed programs to steal money. As one buyer said, he received a lot of advertising notifications on his smartphone, and one day he discovered a bunch of paid subscriptions that he had never subscribed to.

Experts studied the problem and found that ondevices were preinstalled with malware. That is, it got there not through the carelessness of the user, but through the fault of the manufacturer. It is unclear yet whether this was the initiative of the manufacturer or the attackers infected smartphones without his knowledge.