Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked

Schneier on Security 2020-07-08

Summary:

It is amazing that this sort of thing can still happen: ...the list was compiled by scanning the entire internet for devices that were exposing their Telnet port. The hacker then tried using (1) factory-set default usernames and passwords, or (2) custom, but easy-to-guess password combinations. Telnet? Default passwords? In 2020? We have a long way to go to secure...

Link:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/07/half_a_million.html

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Tags:

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Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

07/08/2020, 10:07

Date published:

07/08/2020, 07:41