Hi Asyn,
Yes, we saw this coming. Of course it is also because loads and loads of users do not know how to protect themselves and were never taught to change their router passwords, Giorgio Maone also closed the other holes that were there by design,
mind you the Internet was never invented with security in mind, that is why it is so hard to make it a little bit more secure now, see this latest OpenDNS insecurity through acting improperly:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-07/0412.htmlpolonus