More than 600,000 internet routers in US destroyed by hack
More than 600,000 internet routers in the United States were destroyed by a hack over three days in late 2023. The attack came to light in late May 2024.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 600,000 internet routers destroyed
- Cause / method
- Hacking targeting internet routers
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- A large-scale attack that destroyed internet routers in the United States in 2023 was reported.
- It was reported that more than 600,000 routers had been hacked over three days in late 2023.
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