{"id":166517,"date":"2025-11-21T22:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/how-to-know-if-your-asus-router-is-one-of-thousands-hacked-by-china-state-hackers\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T22:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:05:20","slug":"how-to-know-if-your-asus-router-is-one-of-thousands-hacked-by-china-state-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/how-to-know-if-your-asus-router-is-one-of-thousands-hacked-by-china-state-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>The hacking spree is either primarily or exclusively targeting seven models of Asus routers, all of which are no longer supported by the manufacturer, meaning they no longer receive security patches, researchers from SecurityScorecard <a href=\"https:\/\/securityscorecard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STRIKE_Asus_WrtHug-Report_V6.pdf\">said<\/a>. So far, it\u2019s unclear what the attackers do after gaining control of the devices. SecurityScorecard has named the operation WrtHug.<\/p>\n<h2>Staying off the radar<\/h2>\n<p>SecurityScorecard said it suspects the compromised devices are being used similarly to those found in ORB (operational relay box) networks, which hackers primarily use to conduct espionage to conceal their identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/11\/thousands-of-hacked-asus-routers-are-under-control-of-suspected-china-state-hackers\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/11\/thousands-of-hacked-asus-routers-are-under-control-of-suspected-china-state-hackers\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said. The hacking spree is either primarily or exclusively targeting seven models of Asus routers, all of which are no longer supported by the manufacturer, meaning they no longer receive security patches, researchers from SecurityScorecard said. 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