Was GL-iNet firmware compromised by the chinese national security law?

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My SOP is every device first thing out of the box gets flashed with current OpenWrt. I mean the assumption should be that your device is compromised from the start and that was always true from any mfg, Tp-link, Netgear, D-Link, whoever.

Yeah, security in embedded device firmwares is a sad joke, someone on this forum posted that someone hacked his router and flashed OpenWrt on it. His router was on the list of unpatched remote-exploits so someone could have done this over the internet, no problem.

WNDR3700V1 hacked and installed OpenWrt

Continuation from Twitter "OpenWrt-Help". My Netgear WNDR3700 router rebooted on Saturday. I assume it is V1. Come to find out it now has OpenWrt on it. Was using stock Netgear firmware. No problem except I cannot access the GUI at 192.168.1.1. It is broadcasting only on 2GHz with SSID "OpenWrt". The DHCP server address says 192.168.99.1. I use mostly iOS devices but also have a Window 7 Home, SP1 desktop. Any suggestions how I can regain control over my router would be appreciated. It is offli…