Report: Millions (and Millions) of Devices Vulnerable in latest Mirai Attacks

In-brief: A Mirai botnet variant exploited a flaw in TR-064/TR-069 remote management protocols (notably via port 7547/SOAP) to try to infect home broadband routers worldwide, knocking an estimated 900,000 Deutsche Telekom routers offline; Flashpoint estimated roughly 5 million infected or vulnerable endpoints globally. The report details the shift from brute-force credential attacks to protocol exploitation, observed scanning activity, impacted device models, and ongoing firmware updates and coordination with manufacturers and law enforcement.