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DrayTek routers worldwide go into reboot loops over weekend

Published on: 2025-06-02 08:15:05

Many Internet service providers (ISPs) worldwide are alerting customers of an outage that started Saturday night and triggered DrayTek router connectivity problems. Those affected by this incident reported seeing routers across multiple series models intermittently losing connectivity and entering boot loops. Impacted ISPs (including Gamma, Zen Internet, ICUK, and A&A in the United Kingdom and elsewhere) confirmed these reports and linked the Internet connection issues to attacks targeting unspecified vulnerabilities, knocking the routers offline, or a buggy software update pushed by DrayTek that caused impacted devices to enter a boot loop. As first reported by ISPreview, affected customers (including those in Australia and outside the UK) were told to upgrade their devices to the latest firmware, disable SSLVPN/Remote Access, or even switch to routers from other vendors if the issues weren't fixed. "The cause has been narrowed down to vulnerable firmware versions on Draytek route ... Read full article.