{"id":22625,"date":"2026-04-08T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/britons-warned-about-russian-hackers-targeting-internet-routers-for-espionage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:37:14","slug":"britons-warned-about-russian-hackers-targeting-internet-routers-for-espionage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/britons-warned-about-russian-hackers-targeting-internet-routers-for-espionage\/","title":{"rendered":"Britons warned about Russian hackers targeting internet routers for espionage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expert stresses importance of staying alert for unusual activity, as hackers could \u2018take you to fake sites\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/apr\/08\/keir-starmer-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-gulf-strait-of-hormuz-labour-conservatives-liberal-democrats-reform-scotland-holyrood-uk-politics-latest-news-updates\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Russian hackers are exploiting commonly sold internet routers to harvest information for espionage purposes, the UK\u2019s cybersecurity agency has said.<\/p>\n<p>The hack could allow attackers to obtain users\u2019 credentials, redirect them to fake sites, and potentially access other devices on their home network such as phones and PCs, said Alan Woodward, a professor at the University of Surrey.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/08\/britons-warned-russian-hackers-internet-routers-cyber-security-espionage\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1a338c7a6f73a8f5f02d588067658bc14e9dcfb0\/873_0_4634_3708\/master\/4634.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=883abf976f735b90dd14489a1f9c3748\" title=\"Britons warned about Russian hackers targeting internet routers for espionage\" \/>Expert stresses importance of staying alert for unusual activity, as hackers could \u2018take you to fake sites\u2019<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nRussian hackers are exploiting commonly sold internet routers to harvest information for espionage purposes, the UK\u2019s cybersecurity agency has said.<br \/>\nThe hack could allow attackers to obtain users\u2019 credentials, redirect them to fake sites, and potentially access other devices on their home network such as phones and PCs, said Alan Woodward, a professor at the University of Surrey. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expert stresses importance of staying alert for unusual activity, as hackers could \u2018take you to fake sites\u2019 UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Russian hackers are exploiting commonly sold internet routers to harvest information for espionage purposes, the UK\u2019s cybersecurity agency has said. The hack could allow attackers to obtain users\u2019 credentials, redirect them to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/britons-warned-about-russian-hackers-targeting-internet-routers-for-espionage\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Britons warned about Russian hackers targeting internet routers for espionage<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}