An anonymous vigilante has taken matters into his own hands and removed malware from a Netgear site after the company failed to clean up a two-year-old malware infection.
The vigilante acted upon the discovery of a malware infection on WiFiFamily, a Netgear website that shared articles on the usage of various company technologies.
Derek, the security researcher behind the MyOnlineSecurity portal, tipped Bleeping Computer about the hacked site. He also documented the Netgear site's compromise on his blog.
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