TIL that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers (100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.
TIL that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers (100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.
www.zdnet.com A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers
Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.
Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.
![[HN] A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers (2018)](https://radiation.party/pictrs/image/7154eccd-2ade-4336-be96-eee83979af31.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=196)
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That would be white-hat, not grey-hat
It's still grey hat since he didn't have permission, but was doing it for a cause that many deem good
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