Cisco Warns of Stolen Web Site Passwords

An anonymous reader writes "Cisco warned customers today that someone had broken in and stolen an untold number of passwords and usernames that its customers and employees use to login at Cisco.com, according stories at News.com and Washingtonpost.com. Cisco says the problem is unrelated to flaws in its hardware, but both stories note that Cisco's latest troubles are likely fallout from their legal battles with researcher Mike Lynn, who last week revealed major flaws in Cisco routers. There is also a growing thread at Nanog where network admins are complaining of not being able to get new passwords."

Comments

Looks like they should have used.....

[rolfwind]

Looks like they should have used self defending networks......

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns478/networking _solutions_white_paper0900aecd801dfec7.shtml

how to by-pass password

[blew_fantom]

>o/r 0x2142

oh. wrong password... oops...

Re:Raises the debate of usefulness of registering

[Anonymous Coward]

I generally register with the awe inspiring uncrackable password of 123123

Holy crap that is the combination to my luggage.

Bumper Stickers?

[pyite]

So, who's up for an order of bumper (router) stickers? If you only have some crappy routers, you can throw a nice sticker on it that says "My other router is your CRS-1."

Don't worry

[That's Unpossible!]

Word is the thieves have just as much trouble logging in with these stolen passwords as those who originally created them, and Cisco predicts the thieves will give up on them shortly.

And honestly, even if the thieves could get access to the needed areas of Cisco's TOP SECRET website, what are the chances they could decipher the grid of which firmware goes with which device?

Last time I looked at Cisco's firmware listings (back when they had that exploit affecting all their routers), a co-worker had to pry the gun out of my hands.

What moron developed their firmware version scheme? Please kill this person immediately.