Dutch ISP Discovers 140,000 Customers With Default Password 99
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bs0d3 writes "In Holland, a major ISP (KPN) has found a major security flaw for their customers. It seems that all customers have had the same default password of 'welkom01'. Up to 140,000 customers had retained their default passwords. Once inside attackers could have found bank account and credit card numbers. KPN has since changed all the passwords of the 140,000 customers with weak passwords. They also do not believe anyone has actually been burglarized since discovering this weak spot in security."
Re:Verizon online (Score:2, Funny)
I was there for that... I got cursed out that week by many a little old lady.
New password (Score:5, Funny)
All offending passwords were changed to "welkom02." Crisis averted!
"Dear Subscribers" (Score:5, Funny)
Damn! (Score:5, Funny)
Just lost about 140K bots on my net...
Re:Tourism in Holland is going to EXPLODE (Score:5, Funny)
The only thing missing from your post is something about wooden shoes and windmills. Thanks for the generalization, again.
This, and that war-driving has to be done on a bicycle.