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Hacker News |Technology |Sep 13, 2026

University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals Netgear router flaw caused massive internet flood

A sustained flood of internet traffic hitting the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s network in 2003 was found to be caused by a design flaw in hundreds of thousands of Netgear routers rather than a malicious attack.