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blue47
Sep 02, 2022Aspirant
AX1800 Router Hacked
My Nighthawk router was hacked and the hacker changed the admin password to the router. I realized since I have the physical router I can perform a factory reset and go through the setup again, but I...
michaelkenward
Sep 02, 2022Guru
blue47 wrote:
....but I want to pull the data off of the router first.
What data is that?
Routers do not stash much useful information beyond their settings. And you don't want those if you really have been hacked.
blue47 wrote:
My Nighthawk router was hacked and the hacker changed the admin password to the router.
How did you determine that?