looks like click bait about old articles from may/june
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3277466/security/reboot-router-russian-malware-fbi-vpnfilter.html
I don’t think it’s click bait. The article is dated today saying the June efforts were insufficient to clean off hackerware from router. I think the person quoted in the article has some credibility as NSA/Cyber security (current).