The attack has caused problems in the operation of the Internet around the world

According to the source, in a network there was a bot which scans Cisco equipment for vulnerabilities and if it finds them, it replaces the parameters in the firmware. The bot removes the configuration files and in their place leaves a message with a picture of the US flag.
 
About problems in the network announced a few Russian providers and sites. Also suffered and foreign companies. For example, Twitter was unstable the whole evening.
 
The experts noted that the vulnerability used by the hackers, is present in more than eight million devices and called the current situation of providers is critical . Employees Cisco has released software that is able to correct the error, but it is mounted only on a small part of their equipment. This is despite the fact that the vulnerability became known last year.
 
Cisco has published instructions for administrators, which can help eliminate the problem.

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