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I think I'm experiencing a similar issue. Been going on for a few months now. I may try turning off the OpenVPN server and see if that changes anything.

AiCloud - OFF
AiProtection - OFF
SSH Port Forwarding - OFF
OpenVPN server - ON (non-standard port but do see connection attempts)
WireGuard server - ON

I don't see any sustained data transfer nor have seen any high cpu usage like the OP.

Daily
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Last 24 hours showing some ridiculous values.
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Thanks.


It doesn't seem to be the cause, but the option I was referring to was Administration - System > Allow SSH Port Forwarding.

EDIT: Reboot the router after making any changes to get rid of the currently running {sshd} processes.
My "System" page does not have that option. Running stock firmware, not merlin if that helps.
 
I did this and nothing was returned. Simply moved to the next line with another prompt.
Were the {sshd} processes visible in top at the time you ran it? If not, wait for the next occurrence and try again, please.
 
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My "System" page does not have that option. Running stock firmware, not merlin if that helps.
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I think he means this section of the administration / system configuration. This is the ASUS firmware. I am still testing if this helps to stop the outgoing traffic. ATM for the last 12 hours no traffic flooding after hardware reset and install newest version of ASUS firmware, (not Merlin), again factory reset and new very basic, rudimentary configuration from scratch.
 
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crossed fingers.. from last night looks like fixed for me
currently on RT-AX86U_3004_388.8_2:
AiCloud 2.0 - totally OFF
System - Authentication Method - HTTP (was BOTH)
 

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