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Russian hacking group targets home and small office routers to spy on users

BACKGROUND
1 SIGNALFIRST DETECTED 8 April 2026
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How the story developed
Other feeds and industry voices
8 Apr
Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia's military

End-of-life routers in homes and small offices hacked in 120 countries.

REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
7 Apr
Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens

Hackers linked to Russia's military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security

REPORT · WHEN · Krebs on SecurityOPEN STORY
7 Apr
Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
7 Apr
UK exposes Russian military intelligence hijacking vulnerable routers for cyber attacks

New advisory warns cyber threat group APT28 have exploited vulnerable edge devices to support malicious operations.

REPORT · WHAT · NCSC UKOPEN STORY
13 Jul
US and allies warn of Russian critical infrastructure attacks

Cybersecurity agencies from the United States and eight other countries have issued a joint warning that Russian state hackers are targeting vulnerable and poorly configured

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
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