DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses::Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.

    • Suzune
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      10 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.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      That’s not the fault of the government. The fact that they were able to do this without disruption or people even recognizing is a pretty big win.