After reading the actual report, I think bruce is making assumptions about the attackers' motivations that may or may not be the case.

https://blog.lumen.com/the-pumpkin-eclipse/

Still, 600k routers  gone in 72 hours is quite a lot. If they were also being actively used in a botnet, good riddance. 

On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>And then when it became clear that the issue wasn't being addressed, they forcibly turned off those 600,000 routers. I am finding it difficult not to applaud that action.

The concern is that someone would shut off the routers or compromise them, so they compromised and shut them off?

On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/600000-families-using-one-internet-provider-have-routers-bruce-perens-geedc/


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