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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. Re:First Post by jbrelie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    except that yours was't first. :P

  2. Obligatory Cliche by Gudlyf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    1. Set Sprint modems to insanely easy password.
    2. Leak the information to Wired and Slashdot
    3. ...
    4. PROFIT!
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  3. Re:Unrelated, but much more serious security hole by dbCooper0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...not yet :-)

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  4. Re:Well, its 1, 2, 3... by tommck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And it's 5, 6, 7...
    Open up to Bill Gates!
    Ain't got time for Windows' guy
    Whoopee! WE're all gonna die!

    SOrry... it's all I could think of... caffeine shortage..

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  5. Re:Oh No! by Greedo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Isn't it great how the second post can be modded redundant?

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  6. Re:Wasn't it Skoorb? by sheetsda · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    IIRC Brooks talks about that in the directors commentary on the DVD. "Skoorb" didn't sound quite right so they changed it slightly. Another bit of trivia: the scene with Dark Helmet playing with the dolls was completely adlibbed by Rick Morranis(sp?), Brooks just told him the concept, no dialogue, and they shot it.