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I was hacked
Posted on 7/15/17 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 7/15/17 at 4:16 pm
Went out of town for a week and when I came back and tried to play a movie from my external hd that's on my network, everything was gone and there was a text file named you've been hacked telling me to pay $100 to a bitcoin account. It was backed up so I just reformatted but it got me thinking of what I need to do to better secure my network. Thoughts?
Router is an Asus RT-AC66U
I changed my password and quit broadcasting my SSID
Router is an Asus RT-AC66U
I changed my password and quit broadcasting my SSID
This post was edited on 7/15/17 at 4:19 pm
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Posted on 7/15/17 at 4:22 pm to lsugrad35
You gone get raped!
Posted on 7/15/17 at 5:15 pm to lsugrad35
Sounds like you aren't telling the whole story....
Posted on 7/15/17 at 5:30 pm to lsugrad35
afaik those ASUS routers had an exploit that allowed the storage drives attached to them to be accessed over the internet. Make sure you update the router firmware. That's probably how it happened.
It's got nothing to do with your wifi password/SSID.
It's got nothing to do with your wifi password/SSID.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 5:40 pm to efrad
Actually yes that's the whole story...
Thanks for the info efrad. I figured it didn't have anything to do with that but I'm not a network guru so I just tried taking every precaution. I'll look into the firmware.
Thanks for the info efrad. I figured it didn't have anything to do with that but I'm not a network guru so I just tried taking every precaution. I'll look into the firmware.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 5:49 pm to lsugrad35
Haha that sucks dude
Posted on 7/15/17 at 9:19 pm to lsugrad35
pretty damn crazy shite, there. gotta wonder just how much money those folks make on that....
Posted on 7/15/17 at 9:43 pm to lsugrad35
You think someone within wifi range hacked into your network and ran ransomeware?
Posted on 7/15/17 at 9:50 pm to t00f
No. They gained entry through his NAS
Posted on 7/15/17 at 10:37 pm to CAD703X
Just looked it up, it appears anonymous FTP is enabled by default on a HD attached to this device, wow is that nuts.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 11:57 pm to efrad
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It's got nothing to do with your wifi password/SSID.
That model router had the WPS vulnerability from a few years ago, so it could be WiFi related. That would be very interesting, because it would mean the criminal was close by.
Posted on 7/16/17 at 3:31 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:
That model router had the WPS vulnerability from a few years ago, so it could be WiFi related. That would be very interesting, because it would mean the criminal was close by.
It would be interesting, but since it's a ransomware attack it's highly unlikely the attacker is even on the same side of the globe.
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