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Hundreds of thousands of US internet routers destroyed in newly discovered 2023 hack

By Christopher Bing

May 31 2024 6:52AM

Hit telecommunications company in the US heartland.

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 US heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of internet routers, according to research. Security analysts with Lumen Technologies' Black Lotus Labs discovered the attack in ...

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