Households across the country are using their home broadband more than ever, to work, educate their children or keep in touch with loved ones.
But many are unaware that old equipment provided by internet service providers (ISPs), including EE, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Vodafone, could be putting them at risk of hackers spying on what they are browsing online or even directing them to malicious websites used by scammers.
Which? investigated 13 old router models and found more than two-thirds – nine of them – had flaws that would likely see them fail to meet requirements proposed in upcoming government laws to tackle the security of connected devices.
The legislation is not yet in force and so the ISPs aren’t currently breaking any laws or regulations.
