Hackers could exploit these W-Fi security flaws to knock your internet offline

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• Broadcom patched high-severity DoS flaw in chipset software
• ASUS RT-BE86U confirmed vulnerable; other models may be affected
• Attack crashes 5G Wi-Fi, requiring manual router restart

Broadcom has fixed a bug in its chipset software which allowed malicious actors to trigger denial of service (DoS) attacks on specific routers.