ASUS routers worldwide knocked offline by bad update, company apologizes.
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ASUS routers worldwide experienced connectivity issues due to a corrupted definition file for ASD (ASUS AiProtection) that was automatically pushed to all impacted routers, causing them to run out of filesystem space and memory and eventually crash. ASUS has apologized for the server-side security maintenance error and has addressed the issue. Impacted users are advised to perform a factory reset or contact ASUS support for additional help and guidance.
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