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In both cases, they eventually determined the source of the problem was that the router they were connecting to the Internet through had been compromised.

This is way more evil genius than infecting a mere computer. If you can manage to systematically infect common home and business routers, you can potentially compromise every computer connected to them.
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If you must access non-HTTPS websites, or you are not sure, always use a VPN
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Voila, pour rappel.