Millions of British households are at risk after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed a coordinated Russian campaign to hijack home internet routers.
On Thursday, 9 April 2026, security officials confirmed that the GRU-linked hacking group APT28 is actively exploiting consumer-grade hardware to monitor private internet traffic and harvest sensitive credentials. This aggressive UK cyber threat of 2026 bypasses traditional antivirus software by compromising the gateway to the home, allowing foreign agents to redirect users to fraudulent websites.
