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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Charlie Duffield

Millions of iPhone and Android owners have 'criminal' app - how to check yours

More than 11 million people have become part of an ad-fraud scheme, without realising, a new report has revealed.

Their phones have been attacked by a malicious scheme called Vastflux.

The attack spoofed 1,700 apps and targeted 120 publishers, Wired first reported.

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