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That's not good. We are supposed to be getting AT&T fiber optic where I live sometime later this fall.
Router flaws put AT&T customers at hacking risk
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I read this yesterday and forgot to check my U-Verse router to see if its an affected one last night.
They are already offering fiber service in my neighborhood, but from what I understand, you get a new router of a different type than the standard U-Verse one.
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Thanks for posting that, Borg. I've got AT&T ADSL (connected to fiber a quarter mile away), but with a Pace router, which is now owned by Arris. Of course a different router model than mentioned in the article, but one does get concerned when learning this kind of hacking.
The article states that Arris commented, but nothing from AT&T yet. The author stated he would update the article when they do.
I bet there's some coders that are going to be busy writing a patch for this.
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I got AT&T Fiber in Jan and love it. My u-verse modem/router is a Pace 5268acfxn.
No hacks yet as far as I know.
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Easy solution, put the AT&T modem/ router in bridge mode and use your own router.
Personally I would never rely on/trust an ISP provided router for my home network.
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Router flaws put AT&T customers at hacking risk
Posted: 06 Sep 2017
Router flaws put ATT customers at hacking risk | ZDNetThousands of routers, many of which belong to AT&T U-verse customers, can be easily and remotely hacked through several critical security vulnerabilities.
Five flaws were found in common consumer Arris routers used by AT&T customers and other internet providers around the world. The flaws were detailed in a blog post by Joseph Hutchins, who described some of the them as being as a result of "pure carelessness."
The report said Arris NVG589 and NVG599 modems with the latest 9.2.2 firmware are affected, but it's not clear who's responsible for the bugs.
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