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Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms

BleepingComputer·August 31, 2026·1 min read
Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms

Chinese Fire Ant hackers are using GRE tunnels on Cisco IOS XR routers to create covert spying platforms, researchers found. An active tunnel interface appeared without any configuration or commit history, indicating a stealthy backdoor. The tactic allows undetected network surveillance and data interception.

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