Millions of UK households vulnerable to hacking through older broadband routers

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Without firmware and security updates, there's no guarantee that security issues will be fixed, says consumer group Which?

Nearly 7.5 million people in Britain are vulnerable to security flaws in older router models, consumer group Which? has warned. The organisation conducted a survey of more than 6,000 UK adults i...

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