El FBI insta a tomar medidas de seguridad en routers tras ataques de la GRU rusa

Agencias federales de EE. UU. han revelado que la inteligencia militar rusa comprometió miles de routers de pequeñas oficinas y hogares, instando a los propietarios a tomar medidas de protección inmediatas.

El FBI y la NSA revelaron el 7 de abril que una unidad de la GRU, conocida como APT28 o Fancy Bear, ha tenido como objetivo routers SOHO desde al menos 2024. La operación involucró el secuestro de DNS para interceptar credenciales y comunicaciones, afectando dispositivos en 23 estados e impactando a más de 5,000 dispositivos de consumo y a 200 organizaciones, según informes de Microsoft.

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