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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses::Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I think default passwords are not even enough. There must be some additional fuckup unmentioned. Usually such devices don't expose the management interface publicly, so a password wouldn't be enough.