Be careful of Asus routers

[Sithon1]

According to Forbes magazine the FBI has released a notice about  access to 130,000 Asus routers that are being sold at bargain prices. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/02/28/fbi-warned-of-fraudsters-paradise-up-to-130000-hacked-asus-routers-on-sale-for-a-few-dollars/

Edited February 29, 2020 by Sithon1
I didn't read the article. Oops Headline and facts were wrong

[Syaoran]

I think you misunderstood the article

 

The routers are not being boxed then sold on ebay

It's access to those routers is what is being sold

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This hacker’s selling access to those individual Asus devices

 

You obviously just read the headline and posted here, you also didn't post by the rules of Tech News

[SansVarnic]

-= Moved to Networking =-

 

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Edited March 1, 2020 by LogicalDrm
Moved again

[Sithon1]

On 2/28/2020 at 9:36 PM, Syaoran said:

I think you misunderstood the article

 

The routers are not being boxed then sold on ebay

It's access to those routers is what is being sold

 

You obviously just read the headline and posted here, you also didn't post by the rules of Tech News

You Read the headline it says access. Admittedly I edited 1 minute after posting, to fix it, 4 minutes before you wrote your comment.