Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

arstechnica.com

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

arstechnica.com

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TechnologyEnglish · 6 months ago

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

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

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Could be an extortion scheme of some kind.

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