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Hacking Millions of Modems (and Investigating Who Hacked My Modem)

On December 25th, 2021, I discovered that my modem had been hacked after a strange IP address replayed my traffic. I began researching who they were, how it happened, and eventually discovered a vulnerability which allowed me to passively monitor, change configurations, and execute commands on millions of devices. This talk details 3 years of intermittent web research on ISP security and how broadband equipment is becoming scarily centralized.

English
  • Originally Aired August 10, 2024
  • Runtime 45 minutes
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