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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by issue0315@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's incredible how many people leave their router with the default password

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

I'm smart, I never leave the default password.

I always change it to 1 2 3 4 5, the same as my luggage.

[–] Cyberbatman@lemmings.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thanks for this important information. That is the 1st thing we do after getting a new Router. (change its username and password)