Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use ‘admin’ as a password::Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    My providers router has the username locked as ‘Admin’. They are pretty decent otherwise.

    • @hansl
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      61 year ago

      Meh. Username shouldn’t matter anyway. Make sure the password is secure (and stored securely).

      I had a loaned ISP router in the early naughts that I couldn’t change the admin password, but it was the same for all their boxes and someone posted it on my bulletin board. I changed it as soon as I could, but the techs were furious. Whatever man, I’m not letting anyone take control of my LAN because you can’t figure this shit out.