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Australia's Biggest Telco Sold Routers With Hardcoded Passwords

Posted by Unknown on from the who-released-the-debug-build dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "Hardcoded usernames and passwords have been discovered in a recent line of Telstra broadband routers that allow attackers access to customer networks. The flaws meant customer unique passwords could be bypassed to access the device administrative console and LAN."

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  1. Re:If you have a MAC... by crafty.munchkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should've seen the installation tech who came to install Bigpond Cable at our office. He needed a PC to activate it, I brought out my linux laptop - I've never seen anyone so confused. He asked for Internet Explorer, I told him he could have Firefox or Chrome. I think he nearly cried.

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  2. No problem by slazzy · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why I always change my password to "secret" right away.

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