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Sprint DSL's Security Hole Easy As 1,2,3,4

Posted by timothy on from the oh-didn't-you-catch-that dept.

An Anonymous reader points to this Wired article, excerpting "Sprint officials acknowledged that remote access to the administrative software embedded in the ZyXel Prestige 642 and 645 modems is by default protected with a password of '1234.' But the company said users are responsible for securing the equipment, which stores login data, including the user's e-mail address and password." Wired found that more than 90% of the modems they polled were using that default password.

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  1. Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to change the combo on the luggage again.

  2. Obligatory Space Balls Quote... by kenthorvath · · Score: 4, Funny
    President Skroob: "What's the combination?"

    Colonel Sandurz: "1-2-3-4-5."

    Skroob: "1-2-3-4-5?"

    Sandurz: "Yes."

    Skroob: "That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"

  3. So, who needs Kevin Mitnick? by Uninvited+Guest · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who needs a social engineer to get the password, when we have the fine folks at Sprint around.

    --
    Sometimes I worry that I'll develop Alzheimer's disease, but no one will notice.
  4. New Sprint Ad by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can j00 0wnz0r me now? g0000d!

  5. Re:Unrelated, but much more serious security hole by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe you missed it cause it was only posted once.