This story smells like a hoax to me. All the reports seem to be same, offering no real evidence that such a botnet exists. Knowing the admin password allows local attacker to configure the router and even upload a custom firmware, but remotely zombifying routers is much more difficult.
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Are there really businessmen using iPads? The iPad is far from being a business oriented computer.
This story smells like a hoax to me. All the reports seem to be same, offering no real evidence that such a botnet exists. Knowing the admin password allows local attacker to configure the router and even upload a custom firmware, but remotely zombifying routers is much more difficult.