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FTC Takes D-Link To Court Citing Lax Product Security, Privacy Perils (networkworld.com)

Posted by msmash on from the see-you-in-court dept.

Reader coondoggie writes: The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against network equipment vendor D-Link saying inadequate security in the company's wireless routers and Internet cameras left consumers open to hackers and privacy violations. The FTC, in a complaint filed in the Northern District of California charged that "D-Link failed to take reasonable steps to secure its routers and Internet Protocol (IP) cameras, potentially compromising sensitive consumer information, including live video and audio feeds from D-Link IP cameras." For its part, D-Link Systems said it "is aware of the complaint filed by the FTC." According to the FTC's complaint, D-Link promoted the security of its routers on the company's website, which included materials headlined "Easy to secure" and "Advance network security." But despite the claims made by D-Link, the FTC alleged, the company failed to take steps to address well-known and easily preventable security flaws such as "hard-coded" login credentials integrated into D-Link camera software -- such as the username âoeguestâ and the password âoeguestâ -- that could allow unauthorized access to the cameras' live feed, etc.

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  1. Take TP-Link also by fuzzyf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Purchased a TP-Link router that turned out to have a backdoor.
    https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

    Asking support about it I got the answer back that "We will not fix it. Just make sure nobody get access to your local network".

    Both TP-Link and Lenovo are on my do-not-buy list.