Russian Military Exploits 40,000 Routers in Global Espionage Campaign

Russian military hackers have commandeered up to 40,000 consumer and small office routers worldwide, creating a vast network to intercept sensitive data and conduct espionage operations. The campaign, attributed to the GRU-linked APT28 group, exploited unpatched vulnerabilities in TP-Link and MikroTik routers across 120 countries. By altering DNS settings, the attackers redirected unsuspecting users to malicious proxies, intercepting credentials even after multifactor authentication was complete