issue0315toTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldDOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses(arstechnica.com)external-linkarrow-up1440arrow-down19message-square50fedilink
arrow-up1431arrow-down1external-linkDOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses(arstechnica.com)issue0315toTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldmessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareorclevEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkImportant detail left out of the TL;DR: The method of infection required that the device still had the default admin password. As long as you changed the admin password when you setup the device this wouldn’t have impacted you.
minus-squareruckblackEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s incredible how many people leave their router with the default password
minus-squareA_Random_IdiotEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkI’m smart, I never leave the default password. I always change it to 1 2 3 4 5, the same as my luggage.
minus-squareBatmanEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkThanks for this important information. That is the 1st thing we do after getting a new Router. (change its username and password)
Important detail left out of the TL;DR: The method of infection required that the device still had the default admin password. As long as you changed the admin password when you setup the device this wouldn’t have impacted you.
It’s incredible how many people leave their router with the default password
I’m smart, I never leave the default password.
I always change it to 1 2 3 4 5, the same as my luggage.
Thanks for this important information. That is the 1st thing we do after getting a new Router. (change its username and password)