this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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Important detail left out of the TL;DR: The method of infection required that the device still had the default admin password. As long as you changed the admin password when you setup the device this wouldn't have impacted you.
It's incredible how many people leave their router with the default password
I'm smart, I never leave the default password.
I always change it to 1 2 3 4 5, the same as my luggage.
Thanks for this important information. That is the 1st thing we do after getting a new Router. (change its username and password)