Australia's Biggest Telco Sold Routers With Hardcoded Passwords

mask.of.sanity writes "Hardcoded usernames and passwords have been discovered in a recent line of Telstra broadband routers that allow attackers access to customer networks. The flaws meant customer unique passwords could be bypassed to access the device administrative console and LAN."

Re:If you have a MAC...

[crafty.munchkin]

You should've seen the installation tech who came to install Bigpond Cable at our office. He needed a PC to activate it, I brought out my linux laptop - I've never seen anyone so confused. He asked for Internet Explorer, I told him he could have Firefox or Chrome. I think he nearly cried.

No problem

[slazzy]

This is why I always change my password to "secret" right away.

Re:So what are they?

[Macgrrl]

I thought they picked something secure like Hunter2?

Re:Not surprised at all.

[mjwx]

Telstra are a notoriously dodgy company with a history of being idiots when it comes to customer's privacy and account security. Have a read of this [whirlpool.net.au] for one of their latest privacy blunders...

Never blame malice for what can easily be blamed for stupidity.

Telstra's consumer level staff are notoriously incompetent. Their linesmen are generally OK (thanks to the union pushing for training) but their helpdesk/home support is an insult to trained monkeys everywhere.