FBI: Foreign Hackers Have Compromised Home Router Devices

The FBI warned on Friday that foreign cybercriminals had compromised "hundreds of thousands" of home and small-office router devices around the world which direct traffic on the internet by forwarding data packets between computer networks. In a public service announcement, the FBI has discovered that the foreign cybercriminals used a VPNFilter malware that can collect peoples' information, exploit their devices and block network traffic. The announcement did not provide...

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