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Relevant: https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems
by Sysreq2 2y ago
Relevant: https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems
- metadat 2y agoThis is a fun article. It was also discussed at the time: Hacking millions of modems and investigating who hacked my modem - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40570781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40570781 - June 2024 (13 comments)
- password4321 2y agoAs per your link the actual discussion is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560010 (277 comments)
- metadat 2y agoThanks for the backfill! That's a much better link.
- nojs 2y agoIn that story why was the replaying of HTTP requests so suspicious? They were cleartext requests sent over the internet, anyone could have seen the path.
- LegionMammal978 2y agoJust because it's physically possible for someone to passively MITM a connection doesn't mean everyone and their dog is actually listening in on it. If they were, there'd be a booming industry of leaking celebrities' scandalous DNS requests. Instead, I'd suspect that actual actors with that capability wouldn't be burning it on small-time replay attacks.