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Cybercriminals Exploit Björk's Biophilia App To Compromise Androids

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-for-free-bjork dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Russians who put out fake versions of Angry Bird Space and Instagram for Android last week have competition. Biophilia, a musical experiment by Bjork into the world of apps, has been ported to Android as a Trojan." Maybe not totally surprising; as the submitter reader continues, "last year at the launch of the app, Bjork was quoted in an interview inviting pirates/hackers to attempt to port her code over from iPhone to other platforms."

8 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Be careful what you ask for by homey+of+my+owney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sometimes you get it

  2. HOLY SHIT! by Moheeheeko · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are people who still like Bjork?

    1. Re:HOLY SHIT! by Desler · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't Bjork's music malware?

  3. all part of the art? by noh8rz3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    would anybody be surprised if this is all part of bjork's art? you know, how letting music into your life can have unintended powerful consequences. as a fan, i think this is right up her alley.

  4. This wasn't supposed to happen by stummies · · Score: 3, Funny

    This wasn't supposed to happen!

  5. Björk Björk Björk by Ranger · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think "You have been Björked" will now enter the Android lexicon.

    --
    "You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
  6. It could be worse... by justsomecomputerguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    She might also have been signed with SONY.

  7. Re:Fill me in by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The correct spelling is "Björk" and you can only pronounce it correctly when you have hiccups.