Article 3QXWK FBI sinkholes a key domain used by the malware that infected 500,000 home routers, declares partial victory and Russian attribution

FBI sinkholes a key domain used by the malware that infected 500,000 home routers, declares partial victory and Russian attribution

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Cory Doctorow
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VPNFilter is a virulent, sophisticated, multistage worm that has successfully infected 500,000 home routers, leaving them vulnerable to both surveillance (the malware snoops network traffic for passwords) and region-wide internet shutdowns (VPNFilter can brick the routers it infects, and an attacker could shut down most or all of the home/small business internet access in a region by triggering this). (more")

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