{"id":9930,"date":"2025-05-16T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:53:20","slug":"fbi-says-toss-your-old-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2025\/05\/16\/fbi-says-toss-your-old-router\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Says Toss Your Old Router"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scR199zRjvA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Security 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