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+-   Council sells security hole on Ebay-> on Monday September 29 2008, @06:41AM Barence

Submitted by Barence on Monday September 29 2008, @06:41AM
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Barence writes "A security expert was stunned to discover a VPN device he'd bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local council's confidential servers. Bought for just 99p for use at work, when plugged in it automatically connected with the login details which had been carelessly left on the device. "The whole selling point of the device was that it was extremely easy to configure. It's pretty horrific really," says the intrusion-detection professional. The council says it is "deeply concerned" by the news, but is confident that "multiple layers of security have prevented access to systems and data.""
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