What's Behind the FBI Warning to Reset Routers?

1,575 views · Published 4 June 2018 · 2:42 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Georgia Tech · 2018 · Education

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Recently the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a critical warning for all Americans to reset their routers for homes and small businesses: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/06/06/fbi-reset-your-router-or-face-russian-malware. This is an effort to disrupt a potential cyber attack.
 
We sat down with Georgia Tech’s senior research scientist, Charles "Chaz" Lever, to find out just what this threat contains and how serious it can potentially be.

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