Internet keeps going out - router?

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  • islandbridge0

    Something similar happened with my old modem (linksys) a couple years back. One evening it started acting weird and had a series of fallouts. I then tried to install firmware update with no luck. In my searching on interwebs for answers I found out my modem had been compromised and used in a massive bot attack. My philips hue system had been hacked as well, which resulted in lights turning on and off randomly that same evening. My further atempts of factory reset and FireWare failed on the hue as well.
    They boxes got the hammer and ended in the electro trash.

    • hacked? weirdmonospaced
    • None of my personal data was compromised - I think they went for the bandwidth for some botnet business.islandbridge
    • Not sure how they got access - if it was through my philips hue, hp printer or router, which I actually think was Cisco...islandbridge
    • The article I read the day after the attack, 2-4 years ago had both my router and the HUE system on the list of...islandbridge
    • ... internet of things/routers used in the attack. Try google “Botnet philips hue” for more info.islandbridge

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