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Backdoor Found In TP-Link Routers

Posted by Soulskill on from the control-of-your-router-hosted-in-the-cloud dept.

New submitter NuclearCat writes "Polish security researchers have found a backdoor in TP-Link routers, allowing an attacker to not only gain root access to the local network, but also to knock down the router via a CSRF attack remotely. (Further information — Google translation of Russian original). According to the researchers, TP-Link hasn't yet responded to give an answer about issue. The good news: Users who replaced their TP-Link firmware with Open/DD-WRT firmware can sleep well."

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  1. Re:Et tu, China? by the_B0fh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That is because you are a fucking idiot.

    The issue isn't whether some chinese or some american branded piece of equipment and thus chinese are hackers or americans are hackers.

    You do realize even Microsoft had shipped CDs with a virus on them before. This is either a lack of QC/procedures, allowing something to get in to the image, or a malicious act.

    Country of origin is irrelevant. If you still feel it is, remember, StuxNet came from the US government.