In a bold move to remind the global populace that they really won’t miss their online privacy, Russian state-linked APT28 has modernized their outreach campaign—by hacking their way into the intimate lives of MikroTik and TP-Link router users. Forget about cozying up with a good book; these routers are now the latest page-turners in the cyber espionage saga.

Affectionately known as Project ‘Why Bother With VPNs’, this initiative by Forest Blizzard sees your Wi-Fi signal not as a wave of connectivity joy, but as a carrier pigeon delivering unsolicited updates on your latest internet escapades directly to Moscow. Who needs to binge-watch when you can have the Kremlin itself dropping in for some digital entertainment?

APT28 isn’t just a threat actor—it’s an ambitious experiment in overthrowing the notion of cybersecurity. By converting your innocent home routers into malicious infrastructure, they’ve proven once and for all that the real danger was in thinking your cat videos and late-night Amazon purchases were ever private. Welcome to the new world order, where Russian hackers set up shop in your living room!