Thanks for this important information. Thank goodness I always do after we get a new Router. (change your username and password)
Comment on DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses
orclev@lemmy.world 7 months agoImportant detail left out of the TL;DR: The method of infection required that the device still had the default admin password. As long as you changed the admin password when you setup the device this wouldn’t have impacted you.
Cyberbatman@lemmings.world 7 months ago
ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s incredible how many people leave their router with the default password
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m smart, I never leave the default password.
I always change it to 1 2 3 4 5, the same as my luggage.