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Russia’s Retro Router Hack: The Token Edition Unveiled

Russia Strikes Again with Router Roulette: Token Edition

In a plot twist that’s about as unexpected as a Marvel movie plot, Russia’s hackers have taken the retro route, raiding dusty routers instead of using the latest cyber wizardry. According to Krebs on Security, these state-backed hackers decided, “Why bother with dazzling malware when you can channel your inner grandpa and ransack Microsoft Office tokens via ancient routers?” Fancy Bear, aka Forest Blizzard, shows us that hacking doesn’t need to be trendy — it just needs to work. FCC, maybe time to dust off that ban hammer?