Security News This Week: Mysterious Hack Destroyed 600,000 Internet Routers
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Over 600K Routers Were Hacked in Three Days Late Last Year. Here’s What Happened and How We Can Learn From It
Research released on Thursday reveals an unprecedented attack on a single internet provider. More than 600,000 internet routers belonging to a single internet provider were taken offline during a three-day period in October.
Hundreds of thousands of US internet routers destroyed in newly discovered 2023 hack
An unidentified hacking group launched a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the U.S. heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of internet routers, according to research published Thursday.
600,000 routers were bricked in a single cyberattack
The investigation also didn’t specify which company was targeted, but Reuters says it has identified the target as Windstream, an Arkansas-based ISP, based on cross-referencing internet outages reported during the same period.
This cyberattack took out 600,000 routers across the country
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Mysterious Cyber Attack Took Down 600,000+ Routers in the U.S.
More than 600,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers are estimated to have been bricked and taken offline following a destructive cyber attack staged by unidentified cyber actors, disrupting users' access to the internet.
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Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
After eventually determining that the routers were permanently unusable, Windstream sent new routers to affected customers.
Cyber Attack Destroyed 600,000 Routers In The U.S.
An unidentified hacking group carried out a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the U.S. in 2023, ...
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Hundreds of thousands of routers of a US provider destroyed
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Over 600K US routers compromised in 2023 malware attack
More than 600,000 internet routers across several Midwest states have been taken offline by a widespread cyberattack ...
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Windstream ISP Malware: At Least 600,000 Routers Stop Working in Just 72 Hours, Users Lose Access
Black Lotus investigated that Windstream users encountered sudden stoppage on their routers, rendering them unusable and ...
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This malware botnet bricked over 600,000 routers in coordinated attack — but no one is really sure why
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