Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years

Thread starter BigSnicker
Start date Jun 19, 2017

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BigSnicker

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Jun 19, 2017

It will be interesting to follow this item as we learn more about how it was done...

https://arstechnica.com/security/20...rns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/

RMerlin

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Jun 19, 2017

Duplicate of this thread:

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/a...an-turn-home-routers-into-recon-slaves.39673/

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