A spokeswoman for the Post Office confirmed a cyberattack seeing around 100,000 of its customers having their internet access affected as hackers targeted specific types of internet routers on Sunday. The cyber attack, which was first reported by security firm Kaspersky Lab, is believed to have been carried out in retaliation against an article published online that claimed Russia had compromising information about Trump. Vulnerable router models include the Zyxel AMG1302: as used by the Post Office.
A spokeswoman for the Post Office confirmed a cyberattack seeing around 100,000 of its customers having their internet access affected as hackers targeted specific types of internet routers on Sunday. Although the perpetrator is unknown, the attack involved the usage of a modified form of the Mirai worm. Vulnerable router models include the Zyxel AMG1302: as used by the Post Office.