TechCould your internet router be compromised?

A hidden “phone home” capability has been found in more than 20 models of Chinese-made routers. The discovery has prompted questions about how the feature operated, who might have controlled it and whether it was ever used. Jacob Baines, the VulnCheck chief technology officer who found the backdoor, and Simon Sharwood, Asia-Pacific editor of The Register, explain what was uncovered and how the capability may have worked.