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353,436 Exposed ZTE Devices Found In Net Census 29

mask.of.sanity writes "Hundreds of thousands of internet-accessible devices manufactured Chinese telco ZTE have been found with default or hardcoded usernames and passwords. The devices were discovered in analysis of the huge dataset from the Internet Census run this year. ZTE topped the charts, accounting for 28 percent of all affected devices worldwide. Only one manufacturer has responded to the researcher's bid to supply the data in efforts to stop production of insecure devices."
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353,436 Exposed ZTE Devices Found In Net Census

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  • Re:heh (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @09:14AM (#44745651)

    Who wants to bet that chinese intelligence was involved in this?

    And we're supposed to trust US products don't have settings demanded by the NSA?

    Sorry America, but you're just as un-trustworthy these days, and your corporations are just an arm of your government for spying -- and your government is just an arm of your corporations for foreign policy

    A nice little incestuous feedback loop.

  • Re:heh (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Idimmu Xul ( 204345 ) on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @09:20AM (#44745687) Homepage Journal

    The default root password for every DRAC (Dell Remote Access Card) in existance is

    *Drumroll*

    calvin

    fucking american spies

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