Cisco’s Cyber Whodunit: From 60,000 Hacked Hosts to a Mere Few Hundred Overnight

Cisco’s IOS XE vulnerabilities were like an open invite to a hackers’ party. The tech giant has now bolted the stable door, but not before the horse was digitally galloped away. With compromised hosts dropping from a staggering 60,000 to a handful, it’s a cyber…

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So, Cisco, the networking gear giant, had two major vulnerabilities that hackers had a field day with. Thankfully, they've addressed the issues. But, it's like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, hacked some stuff, and then mysteriously vanished. The number of compromised IOS XE hosts dropped from a whopping 60,000 to just a few hundred overnight. Maybe the hackers decided to take a break, or perhaps a good Samaritan hacker is on clean-up duty. Either way, it's like a tech version of an Agatha Christie whodunit.

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