A proxy service called SocksEscort has been found infecting thousands of routers from brands such as D-Link, Netgear, and TP-Link, and selling access to them to cybercriminals.
On Thursday, the US joined with Europol to shut down SocksEscort, which sold its services on the open internet for as little as $15 per month. However, investigators say the business was actually funneling the proxy traffic to hacked routers that SocksEscort had hijacked.
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