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Russian hacking hits home and the FBI has a mission for you

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The FBI is sounding the warning that we are all at risk of Russian hackers. The cyber attack groups are zeroing in on the router in our homes to use against us. But there are steps you can take to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of these organized cyber crooks. Listen to my Komando On Demand podcast for more on what the hackers are after and how you can stop them. You’ll want to share this important information with your family and friends.

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0:00.0

If there's a cybersecurity theme so far this year, it can be explained in two words. Do you know what I'm thinking about? Do you know what it is? All right, say it out loud. Ready? Russian hacking.

0:13.0

Urgent warning about Russian hackers. All right, the brouhaha for why Russia hacked the election, apparently opening some old wounds in the intelligence community.

0:21.1

And it wasn't just the hacking.

0:22.8

There's social media trolls, fake news.

0:25.6

That's right.

0:26.2

The Russians are targeting you.

0:28.1

And any vulnerable device that's using your home internet, which is just about all of them.

0:33.2

And I've been warning you for months.

0:35.0

And now the FBI is sending out a nationwide warning that Russian hackers are trying to compromise your router.

0:40.6

The U.S. and U.K. are issuing a rare joint statement about a massive attack, which is targeting millions of homes and businesses worldwide through the Internet and our routers.

0:50.2

All right, you might not think this is a big deal, but it really is.

0:54.0

In fact, they could be stealing from you right now, and you don't even know it.

0:57.9

These aren't your bargain basement hackers living in their parents' basement just trying to break some code for fun.

1:04.5

These are different hackers.

1:06.2

They're organized.

1:07.1

They're motivated.

1:08.3

And most importantly, they're pretty well funded.

1:29.8

They're getting paid big money to steal all of your digital credentials. The router is the gateway to your entire home internet. And once your router's hacked, these criminals can execute more attacks. They can reach your gadget configurations. They can map out your entire network. They can harvest your usernames and get this, all of your passwords. And that's not it. That's just the beginning.

1:35.1

Are you ready to begin? What they're doing is taking steps to control every single device

1:40.1

that's hooked up to your internet. Now let that sink in for just a moment. I'm talking about every single device.

1:46.0

They're getting in there.

1:48.0

They're modifying the devices firmware.

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