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  1. 01-08-2020, 01:20 PM #1
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    wifi router hacked?

    So I got an email saying my TP Link AC1750 router had been hacked and they have all my contacts etc and to send them $$$. I have tried to log into tplinkwifi.net on my VPN network to change the password with no success.

    So maybe they did hack it. Should I just order a new router? If yes, what do you guys like? Thanks
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    Download the instructions, press the manual reset button (might need a paperclip), login to the router with the default password and set it up again

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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    So I got an email saying my TP Link AC1750 router had been hacked and they have all my contacts etc and to send them $$$. I have tried to log into tplinkwifi.net on my VPN network to change the password with no success.

    So maybe they did hack it. Should I just order a new router? If yes, what do you guys like? Thanks

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    Iranian cyberattack!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJSapp View Post
    Download the instructions, press the manual reset button (might need a paperclip), login to the router with the default password and set it up again

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    Done and thanks for the suggestion. I hope it works to keep them out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyCarter View Post
    Iranian cyberattack!!!!!
    No shit! They said they have video of me rubbing one out to porn. Interesting as the computer webcam has been blocked out with cardboard since day 1. I could of sent them a video if they sent nekkid pics of their hawt s/o or sister.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyCarter View Post
    Iranian cyberattack!!!!!
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    I could of sent them a video if they sent nekkid pics of their hawt s/o or sister.
    You like the hijab porn, you dirty old man, you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    You like the hijab porn, you dirty old man, you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    Done and thanks for the suggestion. I hope it works to keep them out.
    Did you ask them for proof?

    Sounds kinda like a phishing scam to me...
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    Quote Originally Posted by skaredshtles View Post
    Did you ask them for proof?

    Sounds kinda like a phishing scam to me...
    Did not respond to them as like you said, it is likely a phishing scam and why alert anyone to my porn addiction?
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    O and don't be a dumb ass like me. Make sure your router/modem has an updated password, as mine was set with the factory reset ones
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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    O and don't be a dumb ass like me. Make sure your router/modem has an updated password, as mine was set with the factory reset ones
    Dude.

    I mean:

    OK, Boomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    O and don't be a dumb ass like me. Make sure your router/modem has an updated password, as mine was set with the factory reset ones
    Oof.
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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    O and don't be a dumb ass like me. Make sure your router/modem has an updated password, as mine was set with the factory reset ones
    Dude, do what everyone else does. Change it, write it down on a sticky note and put it right on the router.

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    I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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    Looks like a parked domain name, but actually a pretty good guide: https://routersecurity.org/
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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    Done and thanks for the suggestion. I hope it works to keep them out.
    You need to do the following also to be safer. First check the manufacturer for new or the latest version of the firmware that is available. If there was an issue and vulnerability , then hopefully updating it will help. Also of course DO NOT USE THE SAME PASSWORD as you may have used on other web sites or online that could be for an account that was Pwned. AND of course it is a given that you do not leave the router with the manufacturer's default password either. First step is to secure and update the password out of the box. Make sure you do not have remote admin enabled at least for now. You want to use a complex password also not password1 or 12345678...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJSapp View Post
    Dude, do what everyone else does. Change it, write it down on a sticky note and put it right on the router.

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    It's probably a scam, in the sense that they're lying to you about having hacked anything. They probably found (or paid for) a list of credentials that got exposed in somebody else's hack, and are sending threatening emails to everybody on the list hoping that a few idiots pay up.

    But yeah, reset your router, download the latest firmware, set a non-default password, and change certain settings that some website will recommend (sorry, haven't done this chore all that recently).
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    Quote Originally Posted by RShea View Post
    You want to use a complex password also not 12345678...

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