The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department, in conjunction with Microsoft and Lumen Technologies, successfully neutralized a yearslong campaign by the Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group APT28 that compromised thousands of popular internet routers to redirect traffic and steal credentials, Cyberscoop reported April 7.

U.K. and German intelligence agencies also published advisories about APT28's campaign, which was first launched in early 2024. Microsoft claimed that APT28 breached more than 200 organizations and at least 5,000 consumer devices, while Lumen claimed they observed devices from more than 120 countries communicating with APT28 infrastructure.