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I thought my neighbor was just being paranoid about his router settings
He told me to change the default admin password on my home router, which I had left as 'admin' for over a year. Last month, I saw weird devices on my network and my smart lights kept turning off. I logged into the router and found the password was already changed by someone else. Had to factory reset it and set a strong password. Has anyone else had to deal with a router hack?
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lucas_jenkins25d ago
Used to laugh at that stuff until my own webcam turned on by itself.
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wright.michael25d ago
Read an article last week about a whole apartment building getting hit. Someone got into the main router in the basement and set up a separate guest network to mine crypto. Made everyone's internet super slow for months before they figured it out. Your story about the smart lights is creepy, makes me want to go check my own settings right now. How strong of a password did you end up making?
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