The issue focused primarily on addressing technological impediments that impede hackers from penetrating servers used by telecommunications providers such as Comcast or Verizon to remotely hijack routers and bypass passwords for websites they wish to spy on. But cybersecurity experts warned it may undermine legitimate cyberattacks carried out by malware programmers trying to sabotage computers without triggering automated detection systems designed to thwart malicious software attacks.

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