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Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks (arstechnica.com)

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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Many experts in the past have noted that most such infected devices can’t survive a reboot because the malware can’t write to their storage. That means periodically rebooting can disinfect the device, although there’s likely nothing stopping reinfection at a later point.

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