Router/modem compromised and part of the Meris DDoS botnet /Meris attacks What should I do now?

[peace1234]

I got scammed via sms for evry delivery , Although I didnt enter any detail apart from post code. Next thing I am getting page whenever using google search , what should I do now. Tried calling sky but no response even after a long wait.

We have detected that your router/modem may be compromised and part of the Meris DDoS botnet, or you are using a proxy associated with past Meris attacks. This page checks to see if it is really a human sending the requests and not an attack.
See blog.mikrotik.com/security/meris-botnet.html for more information.
IP address: fdsgfdgdsfdsafs
Time: 2022-08-19T07:27:09Z
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[TimmyBGood]

@peace1234 

I'm occasionally seeing that too, but on a business network with FTTP supplied by BT (and behind a business-grade security appliance, not a domestic Hub).  Although the Meris botnet was definitely a thing, it only affected a rather obscure brand of router and so the Google alert is almost certainly erronious (a Sky Hub is not a MikroTik device)

Switching your Hub off at the mains for half an hour should cause a new public IP address to be allocated to it, and that may well clear the issue.  It's entirely unrelated to SMS delivery scams.

[peace1234]

Thanks for your reply. Thats some relief although should I reset my wifi pass?