CIA Inside... Linksys routers. Advisory issued

[g2s]

-------- Original message --------From: jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> Date: 6/22/17  11:20 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: g2s <g2s at riseup.net>, cypherpunks at lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: CIA Inside... Linksys routers. Advisory issued 


 From: g2s <g2s at riseup.net>
   http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=263800
from that url
>Linksys issues security advisory following discovery of CIA exploitation 
>Solution

>If users believe their router firmware may have been compromised, Linksys recommends that users download the latest available firmware from http://www.linksys.com/support/ and update your router.  
 
>After the update, please perform a factory reset to ensure no remnants of the compromise remain.  Instructions on how to do a factory reset can be found here.  If users are not able to perform a firmware update or receive an error message during the update, please contact customer support for further instructions. 


Linksys Official Support - Linksys CherryBlossom Advisory-----------------
It isn't clear, but I don't see any indication that these remedial processes actually inform the owner of the router if it has been compromised.  Is that an accidental omission, or intentional?                Jim Bell
Might have a look at the dox attached to the wikileaks page. Linksys is probably just mass patching any possible infected routers and the "whether or not" isn't relevant to the process...imho.
Rr

>https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Cherry%20Blossom

    
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