TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE ASUS ROUTERS PWNED BY SUSPECTED, EVOLVING CHINA OPERATION

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A major cyber campaign dubbed "Operation WrtHug" has compromised around 50,000 outdated ASUS routers across Taiwan and Southeast Asia by chaining six known vulnerabilities. The activity resembles prior Chinese-linked campaigns. Researchers suspect the operation could support espionage, distinguishing it from traditional botnets by its stealthy data theft behavior.