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Hundreds of millions of Broadcom-based cable modems at risk of remote hijacking, eggheads fear

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DDoS

The obvious motivation for modem hacking that isn't mentioned is their ability to push a large amount of traffic for DDoS purposes. 1Gb/s upload in Europe is not that uncommon, so a single modem could take down some sites on its own.

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