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Researcher Scans All IP Addresses of Austria, Finds a Ton of Things That Shouldn't Be Online (haschek.at)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

Christian Haschek scanned the entire Austrian IP space and found IP cameras, printers, and industrial control systems and a range of other devices that should not be online.

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  1. Annnnd... by LesFerg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IT professionals around the world were shocked by this discovery. Not in the slightest.

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  2. Re:dotted triple by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FYI: in Europe we use periods instead of commas to visually separate long integer numbers into groups of 3 ... a no brainer if you had looked closely and seen he made the "same mistake" twice.

    American way: 1,000,000
    European way: 1.000.000

    Simple, isn't it?

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