5 Steps the FBI Wants You to Take to Secure Your Router Right Now
A Russian military intelligence unit compromised thousands of routers across 23 states. Here's how to make sure yours isn't next.
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If you haven't thought about your home router since the day you set it up, the FBI would like a word. Federal agencies, including the FBI and NSA, disclosed on April 7 that a unit of Russia's military intelligence directorate, the GRU group known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, has been systematically compromising home and small office routers since at least 2024, using the access to intercept credentials, authentication tokens and sensitive communications. The agency took the unusual step of remotely resetting thousands of affected US devices under a court order, but officials are warning that without action from individual router owners, the problem is far from solved.
The attack targeted small-office/home-office routers, also known as SOHO routers, and was carried out by a unit in the...
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