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Routers have increasingly become the subject of warnings from cybersecurity specialists because few people change the credentials or take the time to update the software.
At least two people tied to the US military accidentally leaked secret files to a hacker, including manuals for the US's main battle tank and its Reaper drones, researchers have found.
The two people who inadvertently leaked the files each made the same mistake: They failed to change either the username or password on their routers, whose default credentials the routers' manufacturer posts on its website. All the hacker had to do was scan the internet for routers with those default settings, then use the settings to steal the contents of computers attached to those routers.
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It kind of makes me nostalgic for the good old days before computers.
Routers have increasingly become the subject of warnings from cybersecurity specialists because few people change the credentials or take the time to update the software.
At least two people tied to the US military accidentally leaked secret files to a hacker, including manuals for the US's main battle tank and its Reaper drones, researchers have found.
The two people who inadvertently leaked the files each made the same mistake: They failed to change either the username or password on their routers, whose default credentials the routers' manufacturer posts on its website. All the hacker had to do was scan the internet for routers with those default settings, then use the settings to steal the contents of computers attached to those routers.
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It kind of makes me nostalgic for the good old days before computers.
