A suspected cyberattack has disrupted internet service for
nearly a million households in Germany. Only specific models of routers were
affected, leading technicians to suspect a deliberate hack.
About 900,000 internet customers experienced severe internet
outages over the weekend in what Deutsche Telekom has blamed on an apparent
indiscriminate cyberattack.
"We believe that influence was exerted on the routers
from outside," an unnamed company spokesman told the AFP news agency,
noting that malware had been installed on routers that prevented them from
connecting to the company's network.
The telecom giant did not provide details of which models of
router - hardware that mediates the transmission of data packets on the
internet and elsewhere - were affected. Customers have been advised to
disconnect their routers if they suspect that they were targeted.
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