Comment on Chinese malware removed from SOHO routers after FBI issues covert commands

• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Perhaps via the contact information they provided to their ISP?

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I suspect it might have been problematic to tip off the malware operators that the network was about to be shut down. Apparently customers are going to be informed via their ISPs now. I guess some if them may decide to junk the routers.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My ISP has never had info on my router, for 20+ years. Was there something in the story I missed about these being ISP issued routers?

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    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The ISPs don’t need info on the routers…

      The FBI has identified the routers; if they’re able to connect to them and issue commands, they clearly know the IPs of those routers and thus the ISP servicing that IP. The ISP knows which of their customers is/was assigned a particular IP.

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    • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Your ISP knows the Mac address of your router since it requests a public IP from them using DHCP. That’s why if you contact support they usually can confirm the brand of your router by doing an oui lookup.

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      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you work in networking? How did you learn the magicks of the computer tongue?

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, sweet Summer child

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    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably works the other way around - FBI detects the problem at various IP addresses, patches them, then contacts the iISP and asks them to contact the customer who had x.y.z IP address

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    • squeakycat@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would imagine you are in the vast minority :)

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How would you like the router owners to have been alerted?

  By two men in black showing up at their doors, of course.

  :-)

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “We’re musicians maam”

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  • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We are here to help.

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