Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 29, 2008 @03:34AM from the only-as-good-as-your-weakest-link dept.

Barence writes "A security expert was stunned to discover a VPN device he'd bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local council's confidential servers. Bought for just 99p for use at work, when plugged in it automatically connected with the login details which had been carelessly left on the device. 'The whole selling point of the device was that it was extremely easy to configure. It's pretty horrific really,' says the intrusion-detection professional. The council says it is 'deeply concerned' by the news, but is confident that 'multiple layers of security have prevented access to systems and data.'"

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What's the weirdest story like this? by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · 2008-09-29 03:47 · Score: 5, Interesting

A colleague where I live bought a set of routers from Goodwill and found not only default programming but a sheet of paper stuck inside with passwords.
The passwords were for a Department of Energy facility with nuclear activities.
I bet someone here has heard of an even weirder event.