Avvertimento rivolto ai proprietari irlandesi di “dodgy box” a seguito di attacchi informatici su larga scala ai dispositivi di streaming di tutti i giorni

Ha, bullshit

Guess everyone should throw out their dodgy boxes and pay for 5 or 6 different subscription services instead .

Can we not take away scrambler bikes before we start talking about the dodgy boxes?

We *might* get hacked…

We will however be out a fortune with multiple subscriptions.

Like a fart in public, it’s either worth the risk or shit happens.

Pathetic scare stories now eh?

Not that I have one.

Attack away are they doing to log in and buy me something off Amazon

Not a dodgy box fan but Jesus that article is transparent and pathetic

They’re not wrong about them being vulnerable to hackers; I doubt the lads putting them together give two fucks about security in the first place, and they’re probably not receiving any security updates for whatever software is installed on them. The biggest risk would be the hackers using a compromised dodgy box for attacks on other networks, like the article notes, but it’s also not good to have a compromised device with access to your own internal home network; if you aren’t very diligent about network security and keeping the dodgy box fully segregated from other devices on your network, it’s not impossible that a hacker could use it to gain access to other devices in your home like your PCs. That is rather less likely than the botnet possibility, given the effort involved (most hackers are going for the low-hanging fruit), but it is still a risk nonetheless.

They should have seen the risks I was taking on Limewire back in the day. Family computer was riddled

They’re sending the virus through Bebo accounts guys. If someone you don’t know shares one of their three daily loves with you, it could be one of the cyber attacks. Please be careful and don’t fall for it.

For anyone interested in the technical side of things here is the investigation behind the scale and risk of it

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/

In short there is a whole side of criminal business and them fucking each other over. One group distributing smart tv software with a back door to sell your home network as basically a VPN to customers. Other group exploited that groups software to spread their version to all devices connected to the same network as your dodgy box and sell your internet for DoS attacks.

A lot of recent internet outages were caused by attacks that came from those types of devices

Even if it’s a scare mongering tactic to make you pay for Eir, as other are trying to imply in comments, cmon you’re gonna plug something to your internet from some guy selling these cheapo boxes to let you watch tv for free? They are dodgy for a reason, especially their source.

Pro tip
Use dodgy box for dodgy media not to login to your bank account. All anyone can steal from doggy box is your viewing history which should be ok unless you are into freaky stuff.

You’re out there somewhere, Beer Baron! And I’ll find you,”