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Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

Chinese government-backed hackers are using a botnet, made up of over 16,000 compromised routers and other devices, to conduct advanced password spray attacks on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service users. The botnet, known as CovertNetwork-1658, is particularly dangerous due to its evasiveness and large-scale operation, making the potential for account compromise high.

Source: arstechnica.com –

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