Black Lotus Labs uncovers hacktivist campaign that used a misconfigured router to spread an anti-government manifesto
DENVER, June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Lotus Labs , the threat intelligence arm of Lumen Technologies(NYSE: LUMN), recently uncovered a hacktivist campaign that leveraged misconfigured routers and switches to distribute an anti-government manifesto.
- DENVER, June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Lotus Labs , the threat intelligence arm of Lumen Technologies(NYSE: LUMN), recently uncovered a hacktivist campaign that leveraged misconfigured routers and switches to distribute an anti-government manifesto.
- Despite this, more than 18,000 devices around the world are still exposed ,1 and Black Lotus Labs has identified more than 800 unique scanners looking for the misconfigured equipment and potential victims.
- Black Lotus Labs null-routed the malicious IP address across the Lumen global network and added it to a block list for its security customers.
- The company also offered recommendations for organizations that had already been attacked, and those that have misconfigured routers.