Ogwiritsa ntchito intaneti ku Russia ali ochepa pa chitetezo cha ma routers ndipo sakufuna kusintha zosintha zosasinthika. Izi zikutengera kuchokera ku zotsatira za kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi Avast.
Malinga ndi kafukufukuwo, theka la Russia lokha atagula router linasintha lolemba ndi mawu achinsinsi kuti apulumuke. Pa nthawi yomweyi, ogwiritsa ntchito 28% sanatsegule mawonekedwe a intaneti, 59% sanasinthe firmware, ndipo 29% sanadziwe ngakhale kuti zipangizo zamagetsi ndi firmware.
Mu June 2018, adadziŵa za matenda akuluakulu a oyendetsa padziko lonse ndi VPNFilter. Akatswiri ofufuza zachinyengo apeza zipangizo zoposa 500,000 zokhudzana ndi matendawa m'mayiko 54, ndipo mafano otchuka kwambiri a router awonetsedwa. Kufikira ku zida zogwirira ntchito, VPNFilter amatha kuba zinthu, kuphatikizapo zotetezedwa ndi encryption, ndi kuletsa zipangizozo.
