FBI asks Americans to restart routers in order to escape from the Russian virus
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that Russian hackers had developed and launched a malicious program on the network that infects Internet routers.
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Program Named VPNFilter able to collect personal data, collect personal data by the user and even destroy the device, according to which it installs, informs The New York Times.
“Malicious software has destructive capabilities that can render the infected device unusable. These functions can be run on individual victim computers or en masse, and have the potential to disable Internet access for hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide,” the cyber intelligence group said in its report. Cisco Talos.
According to experts, under the “right circumstances” an attack could acquire global proportions.
According to the FBI, under the supervision of the virus, more than one thousand of the home and office rosters, produced by the companies, have fallen over 500. Linksу, MikroTik, Netgear and TP-Link, in 50 different countries of the world.
Owners of these devices are asked to restart them immediately (turn them on and off), and then install the latest updates from the manufacturers' websites, update the device firmware and change the password. If, when performing these actions, the user notices that the router has any remote control settings that he did not enter, the bureau recommends disconnecting the device immediately.
Currently web domain toknowall.com, used by the creators of the virus, is under the control of the FBI, bureau specialists will block attempts of destructive actions of the malicious program.
According to experts of the FBI, the main goal of the attack was Ukraine. The hackers are most likely to assemble the work of the state institutions and the country's large companies. The United States Department of Justice links the creation of the program with a group of hackers Fancoo bearwhich, according to the agency, is related to the Russian government.
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