FBI and NSA said Russia compromised US routers since 2024

TL;DR: The FBI and NSA said on May 12, 2026 that Russia has systematically compromised home and small office routers since at least 2024. The agencies said they obtained a court order to remotely reset thousands of affected devices in the United States. The report said any router reset in this action should be replaced.

The FBI and NSA said on May 12, 2026 that Russia has been systematically compromising the security of home and small office routers since at least 2024.

The agencies said they obtained a court order that allowed them to remotely reset thousands of affected routers in the United States.

The 9to5Mac report said that if a router was among the devices remotely reset by the FBI, it should be urgently replaced.

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• What did the FBI and NSA say about router compromises in the United States?
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