In what could be a first of sorts in Japan, six men have been arrested for fleecing Android smartphone users of some Y20 million by distributing malware through a porn site.
A report on The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted the Metropolitan Police Department as saying this was the first time Japanese police built a case involving distribution of a smartphone virus.
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