Another day, another FBI takedown of routers infected by malware

What just happened? It must be frustrating for the FBI that consumers and small businesses are not securing their routers. As far as we know, twice this year, the agency has taken down botnets on unprotected routers controlled by foreign state governments. This latest incident involved Russia. A court-authorized FBI operation has taken down a network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers worldwide infected by a known malware called Mooboot. The malware worked as a botnet and was controlled by state-backed agents with the help of a Russian hacking group known by various names, including Fancy Bear and APT…