Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet
Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia...
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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/Loki-L on 2025-01-27 15:01:51+00:00.
Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing, since at least mid-2023.
Gee who is really interested in securing semiconductor technologies these past few years.
I wonder who could be behind this attack, probably Zimbabwe.
nah, clearly denmark
Denmark Zuckerberg
You're just saying that because Trump wants Greenland.
(Seriously though, this timeline is stupid enough that there's a non-zero chance Trump really does use "Denmark is h4XX0rz our routers" as a casus bellum.)
"Someone".... 👀
I couldn’t really tell from the article, are they somehow infecting existing routers or is this being installed during manufacturing?
It’s a backdoor - they’re sending specific commands over the network to devices that were made vulnerable by design but in an obfuscated way.