A Chinese router also available in Romania has a backdoor that allows remote control. The accusation comes from an American security company

Zona IT by Adrian Pogingeanu 10 August 2026, 10:42 EEST machine translated Security Networking

A Chinese router that you can buy right now from a large local online store comes, from the factory, with a backdoor that "rings home to the manufacturer". It's not a joke and it's not an exaggeration for the sake of displays, it's the conclusion of a blog post published on August 5 by researcher Jacob Baines from the company…

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