The OpenWRT community forum behind the project open source for firmware router was 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 is therefore very often used in home routers. The project has its own forum to host its community.
Over the weekend, a hacker appears to have managed to breach it account του διαχειριστή και να πραγματοποιήσει αποκρυπτογράφηση των data of users. 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 protected by two-factor authentication. 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. The forum administrators ask the users να επαναφέρουν τους codeς accessforum and change API keys (eg reset an OAuth key).