Posting again from LB.
System Administrators are worrying there's an underline theme here and potentially an "event" forming. Read the article Anons. It shows how an infiltration can happen and how your firmware can be rendered useless and break/brick the routers in question.
STEALTHY, DESTRUCTIVE MALWARE INFECTS HALF A MILLION ROUTERS
https://www.wired.com/story/vpnfilter-router-malware-outbreak/