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Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2025-11-19 18:31:36 UTC

Operation WrtHug hijacks tens of thousands of outdated ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, forming a large botnet. A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life ASUS routers wor…

Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life ASUS routers worldwide, mai… [+2408 chars]