A user in Estonia received nearly 1,000 euros ($1,100) in bills after their router sent over 10,000 SMS messages to various foreign countries.

It's easy to think that some of the people suffering in Japan -- after meeting their primary sustenance needs -- might have been happy to have a device like the Zyxel MWR211 Mobile Wireless Router.

called a "portable hotspot," "personal hotspot," "mobile Wi-Fi," "mobile router," "mobile wireless router" or "travel router." Either the fee is added to the user's existing data plan or a new ...

However, T-Mobile said it was able to contain the intrusion before it left network routers and reached customers’ phones. The company said the threat originated from a “wireline” —- or non ...