Individuals’ and businesses’ routers were secretly used to perpetrate cybercrimes, with the goal of accessing US government networks. The FBI has warned this week that Russian state-backed hackers are using ‘compromised’ routers to sneak into people’s computers. The routers in question are Ubiquiti EdgeRouters, and the precautions include resetting passwords and performing a factory hardware reset. Ubiquiti EdgeRouters have a user-friendly, Linux-based operating system that makes them popular for both consumers and malicious cyber actors. Is the America networks so vulnerable to attacks ?
