The OpenWRT community forum behind the open source project code for router firmware hacked last weekend.
User data has been stolen, something that was just announced by the administrator.
OpenWRT is an open source project that provides Linux distributions for embedded systems such as home routers. OpenWRT usesit is therefore very common in home routers. The project has its own forum to host its community.
Over the weekend, a hacker appears to have hacked into an administrator account and decrypted user data. user. The hack posted on the forum.
On Saturday January 16, 2021, an unauthorized person hacked into an OpenWRT forum administrator account. The account was not audit protected identity two factors. The attacker was able to extract a copy of the user list, including email addresses, as well as other account data. At this time, it is unclear whether the attacker managed to copy the entire database. Forum administrators ask users to reset forum passwords and change API keys (eg reset an OAuth key).