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leojosecs
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Mar 15, 2021

R6080 attached device Unknown MAC address

When I checked the attached devices I see an unknown "iphone" that does NOT belong to me with a MAC address that seems to be spoofed. I blocked it using Access Control.  Was my Router hacked? should I be concerned ? I had password files unexplicably deleted from my mac before. Any comments ?

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Mar 15, 2021

    > [...] I see an unknown "iphone" that does NOT belong to me with a MAC
    > address that seems to be spoofed. [...]

     

       Devices running current iOS versions can cause some confusion:

     

          https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227

     

       This kind of feature makes MAC addresses less reliable as a
    device-identification resource.  But it can be disabled for your own
    SSID(s).

     

    > [...] Was my Router hacked? should I be concerned ? [...]

     

       I doubt it.  Always?

     

    > [...] I had password files unexplicably deleted from my mac before.
    > [...]

     

       "password files"?