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Router-Hacking 'Slingshot' Spy Operation Compromised More Than 100 Targets

Mar 12, 20189 min
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Episode description

Routers, both the big corporate kind and the small one gathering dust in the corner of your home, have long made an attractive target for hackers. They're always on and connected, often full of unpatched security vulnerabilities, and offer a convenient chokepoint for eavesdropping on all the data you pipe out to the internet.

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