In a thrilling display of creativity, shadowy cyber geniuses have cunningly repurposed Milesight routers into unwitting accomplices for phishing adventures. While routers usually dream of nothing more than a life of quiet data transmission, these devices have found themselves playing the starring role in a European SMS-based drama.

French cybersecurity wizards at SEKOIA have blown the whistle on these virtual tricksters who are exploiting the routers’ inner workings to send loving SMS invitations to dangerous web destinations. Users in Sweden and Italy, presumably charmed by these rogue messages, are greeted with phishing URLs instead of the romance they were expecting.

As the digital world collectively facepalms, we are left to wonder whether routers will soon demand royalties or at least a decent cut of the phishing profits. Some suggest that routers might pivot to a lucrative side hustle in cyber humor, given their newfound knack for delivering punchlines disguised as URLs.