The mistake means that hackers could decrypt the key and use the certificate, a means of digital authentication, to monitor victims’ traffic and launch main-in-the-middle attacks.

For now, it's just Rick Rolls. Yet the hack could be used for far more sinister purposes.

D-Link products put the personal cybersecurity and private data of thousands of Americans at risk, the complaint states.

The explosion in the numbers of web-connected devices heralded by the Internet of Things risks making us all more vulnerable online, NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett warned business leaders Tuesday.