04/19/2026
Last week, the FBI and Justice Department announced they conducted a court-authorized operation to neutralize a U.S. portion of a network of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were compromised by a unit within Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Military Unit 26165. (source Fox 13 Seattle) Universal IT Technologies strongly recommends that you replace your existing SOHO routers (or any routers) that are more than 5 years old, upgrade your firmware, and take precautions to your office/home network. Contact us for a free consultation on how we can assist with upgrading your equipment or assisting in the firmware upgrade on your devices. Also, having your devices connected directly to your modem poses a huge security risk to your home and business network. Especially in retail and medical. We strongly recommend and install Ubiquiti/Unifi products.