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[Bowdon]

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/04/uk-and-usa-warn-russia-wants-to-hack-your-broadband-isp-router.html

Another day, another security scare. A joint statement by the FBI, DHS and UK NCSC has warned that the Russian Government are now actively conducting “malicious cyber activity” with the aim of compromising network infrastructure devices such as switches, firewalls and even home broadband routers etc.

The “Technical Alert” – TA18-106A – includes further details and notes that the targets of this malicious cyber activity are “primarily government and private-sector organisations, critical infrastructure providers, and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) supporting these sectors“.

The alert warns that network device vendors, ISPs, public sector organisations, private sector corporations and small-office/home-office (SOHO) customers are the main targets. Apparently Russian “state-sponsored actors” (no.. not bad movie actors) are using compromised routers to conduct “spoofing ‘man-in-the-middle’ attacks to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain persistent access to victim networks, and potentially lay a foundation for future offensive operations.”

The notice goes on to state that this activity has been reported to the U.S. and UK governments by “multiple sources“, including private and public-sector cyber security research organisations and allies.

They are coming for us. Quick, check under your bed! 

[renluop]

..and watch out for that engineer with snow on his/her boots, or named Белая Oвца.

[re0]

Russian state-sponsored hackers wanting to target UK routers which essentially have hardware and software designed and made in China. 

Putting that aside, threats have always been present and anybody that is connected to the web could fall victim as new vectors are found for penetration and spoofing. Some are more so vulnerable than others, depending on their usage, if they have anything of value and which hardware and software they implement. Most importantly, people should keep up to date and patch and network-facing routing hardware, especially if flaws have been found and patched (or even switch the device out if it is not updated). I would even go as far as saying ditch crap ISP routers and replace with something you can control. But remember: there's no substitute for common sense!

[Chrysalis]

more state propaganda, it seems they preparing us for a war.

[niemand]

Don't the Russians know that only NSA and GCHQ are allowed to do this?