Am I being hacked?

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iiipgciii

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Everyday I am seeing failed attempts in my routers logs to login.

"Invalid username. Username: root from 0.0.0.0"

Am I being hacked, or is something on my network trying to get to my router? Honestly, I would think a hacker would have an easier time getting in, that's why I am under the impression that something else is trying to get in. Any ideas?

It is frustrating, since when I want to get in and mistype the complicated password, it locks me out, due to multiple failed attempts.
 
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Root is your computer. 0.0.0.0 is a false IP address. Noone is trying to hack you. If you want to be completely 100% sure that you are safe, unplug your modem from your router. Reset your router back to default settings, and reconfigure it. Make...
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You most likely live close to someone who doesn't have internet and they are trying to figure out the password by entering random words. Most likely I would say it's a kid that's doing that.
 
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iiipgciii

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But this is someone trying to get into my routers login, not my wifi.
 
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iiipgciii

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I am up to date on my firmware.

 
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SolianHelix

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Root is your computer. 0.0.0.0 is a false IP address. Noone is trying to hack you. If you want to be completely 100% sure that you are safe, unplug your modem from your router. Reset your router back to default settings, and reconfigure it. Make sure that under WiFi (if enabled) you are using WPA2-PSK as an encryption, and make your password strong. Hide your SSID if you can, or use a MAC Filter. Once your router has been reconfigured, plug it back into the modem and reconnect to it from your computer.

You should be in the clear now, but if you still find that its saying "root" is trying to get access to your router, you may have malware or a virus in your computer that may be trying to access the router to create a backdoor. At this point, i would download and run an antivirus program in safemode.
 
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SolianHelix

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I understand that Root is the superuser for linux, but 0.0.0.0 is assigned to a host when the initial DHCPDISCOVER request has failed. If the router was in the middle of doing something when you tried to connect, its DHCP server could have caused a small bug to occur on the routers end. If you are connected now, and find nothing wrong, you should be fine.

And btw, windows DOES have a root. It's a filepath, not a user.
 
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