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Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet(www.theregister.com)

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Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee
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I couldn’t really tell from the article, are they somehow infecting existing routers or is this being installed during manufacturing?

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misk@sopuli.xyz
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It’s a backdoor - they’re sending specific commands over the network to devices that were made vulnerable by design but in an obfuscated way.

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𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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“Someone”… 👀

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Deceptichum@quokk.au
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Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing, since at least mid-2023.

Gee who is really interested in securing semiconductor technologies these past few years.

I wonder who could be behind this attack, probably Zimbabwe.

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fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev
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nah, clearly denmark

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grue@lemmy.world
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You’re just saying that because Trump wants Greenland.

(Seriously though, this timeline is stupid enough that there’s a non-zero chance Trump really does use “Denmark is h4XX0rz our routers” as a casus bellum.)

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This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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Denmark Zuckerberg

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Deceptichum@quokk.au
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There isn’t a bot here.

The bot is on the original instance this was reposted from.

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Deceptichum@quokk.au
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Yes, very.

Imagine I took a photo with your friend, your friend showed you the photo and you saw my picture. You wouldn’t ask why I was here with you, because I’m not there.

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I think OP’s wording wasn’t super clear. A bot created the original post on !technology@lemmit.online, but a human saw the bot’s post there, and decided to cross-post it here to !technology@lemmy.world.

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realitista@lemm.eeOP
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What bot?

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ryan213@lemmy.ca
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That’s exactly what a bot would say.

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realitista@lemm.eeOP
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Got me there.

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