Re: 600,000 routers bricked

[Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com>]

After reading the actual report, I think bruce is making assumptions about
the attackers' motivations that may or may not be the case.

https://blog.lumen.com/the-pumpkin-eclipse/

Still, 600k routers  gone in 72 hours is quite a lot. If they were also
being actively used in a botnet, good riddance.

On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
wrote:

> > And then when it became clear that the issue wasn't being addressed, they
> forcibly turned off those 600,000 routers. I am finding it difficult not to
> applaud that action.
>
> The concern is that someone would shut off the routers or compromise them,
> so they compromised and shut them off?
>
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/600000-families-using-one-internet-provider-have-routers-bruce-perens-geedc/
> >
> >
> > --
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFWSyMp3xg&t=1098s Waves Podcast
> > Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos

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