A mysterious Russian hacker is apparently out in the open breaking into people’s routers and installing a patch that will better protect them from potential cybercrimes,according to ZDNet.
The hacker, who goes by the name “Alexey” online, or says he’s a server administrator who’s already broken into and fixed over 100000 faulty MikroTik routers. Unlike most hackers doing this sort of thing,Alexey is not trying to maintain his actions a secret. He’s been vocal and open about it and has posted about his hacking on Russian blogging platforms.
He wrote that all he does once he has access to a router is to change their setting to originate them less susceptible to future abuses, which he believes represents the use of his hacking powers for first-rate.“I added firewall rules that blocked access to the router from outside the local network, and ” Alexey wrote.
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Source: inquisitr.com