Dodgy app company that mined Dogecoins behind your back receives FTC penalty

From Sophos Naked Security:

Dodgy app company that mined Dogecoins behind your back receives FTC penalty

It was almost funny - nearly, but not quite.

Until the FTC decided that it very definitely wasn't.

The FTC, of course, is the Federal Trade Commission, the consumer watchdog in the United States that takes action against dodgy business behavior.