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Subject:
Please be advised: FBI is asking for home / small business users to reboot wireless routers
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"Leadbetter, Jared" <[log in to unmask]>
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Leadbetter, Jared
Date:
Wed, 30 May 2018 16:34:25 +0000
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I know this isn't the case for most of you, but for those very few that aren't closely following the FBI's public service announcements:

https://www.ic3.gov/media/2018/180525.aspx

The tl;dr of it is to reboot your wireless routers / access points (unplug them, wait 30 seconds, then plug them back in - DO NOT use the recessed "reset" button), preferably on a regular basis.

For those who feel capable of doing so, changing the default password on these devices to something stronger than the manufacturer-supplied password is also advised.

Please contact me if you have further questions.

-Jared Leadbetter
Technology Specialist
Maine State Library

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