An unknown threat actor with equally unknown motives forces ISP to replace routers.

  • @Hackworth
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    115 months ago

    That’s concerning for… a lot of reasons.

    • @Zachariah
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      75 months ago

      Great way to sell more routers. Just sayin’

      • @Hackworth
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        45 months ago

        Maybe, or a bigger ISP wants to get in on that rural turf. But I was wondering what else the malware may have done before physically destroying those routers. I also kinda wonder if this might be a test run for a larger attack. And now I’m imagining what it might be like if everyone’s routers bricked in a 72 hour period. I think I’ll pick up some extra TP tomorrow.

        • Possibly linux
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          85 months ago

          Imagine if a country lost all communications as a prelude to invasion. Think about it, there would be chaos and communication would be hard.

          Of course that would require someone to compromise a wide variety of devices and networks. Good thing we don’t have issues with centralization.