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@thehatfox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”

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Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”

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The modified firmware used by BlackTech is hard to detect.
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    The threat actor is somehow gaining administrator credentials

    …lemme guess. Default logins.

    • @FaeDrifter@midwest.social
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      5•2 years ago

      We might never know how they managed to somehow to obtain the secret password …1…2…3 …4

      • @tslnox@reddthat.com
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        5•2 years ago

        That’s the same code I have on my luggage!

      • @Taleya@aussie.zone
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        3•2 years ago

        No one will ever guess admin/admin, it’s so blatanly obvious!

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