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Millions of smart TVs, phones and routers at risk from old vulnerability

The finding highlights problems around less rigorous patching by manufacturers.

Trend Micro says up to 6.1 million devices, including this smart TV, haven’t patched a software vulnerability dating from 2012.

Credit: Trend Micro

A three-year-old vulnerability in a software component used in millions of smart TVs, routers and phones still hasn’t been patched by many vendors, thus posing a risk, according to Trend Micro.