Friday, September 22, 2006

Always change the default password....

Someone in Virginia took advantage of a default password. In this case, they used the default password to enter the diagnostic mode of an ATM cash machine. The default password is listed in the machine's manual (which is not hard to obtain). The individual then reprogrammed the ATM to think it was dispensing $5 bills instead of $20 bills. So in essence, it gave you 4 times the money you asked for. The machine was compromised for nine days before someone mentioned it to the store where the machine was located.

There's a lesson to be learned here. I'm gonna get me some ATM manuals!!!

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