An unknown threat actor with equally unknown motives forces ISP to replace routers.
That’s concerning for… a lot of reasons.
Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
Submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Hackworth@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Great way to sell more routers. Just sayin’
Hackworth@lemmy.world 6 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.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I wonder why? Did someone just hate the ISP or was this a state actor. For all we know this could of been the trial run
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
600k is considered a trial run?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Compared to the population of the US that’s small. Imagine if everyones internet stopped working
jonne@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Could be an extortion scheme of some kind.
MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Always make sure your tech staff are sufficiently gruntled.