Stop Ignoring Your Router. This Is How to Optimize Privacy
If you’re like most people, you don’t think much about your Wi-Fi router. It’s probably sitting in some dusty corner of your house right now, only to be consulted when you have a problem.
But neglecting your router comes at a high price. This year, Russian intelligence hackers (APT28) exploited neglected home routers across 23 US states to build a shadow network, intercept network traffic and steal credentials. This coordinated attack confirms that your "set it and forget it" hardware is a primary target.
That’s because your home Wi-Fi router manages (and sees) every piece of data entering or leaving your home. “It plays a crucial role in what it allows the outside world to understand,” says Stephen Boyce, professor of cybersecurity at Duke University and CEO and president at The Cyber Doctor. “It really is that gateway for data coming in, as well as data going out.”
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