Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working
 

After 15 hours of downtime and many frustrated users, Belkin claimed victory over the issues that shut down its routers and prevented them from connecting with the Internet. The official company statement sounds like Orc mischief to me. Even with this explanation, it's a scary thought that a local networking device can be disabled or even controlled from a remote server.

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