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Excite@Home Internal Network Breach: 2.95 Million Exposed Records

Calendar May 30, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A single misconfigured server exposed broadband provider Excite@Home's internal corporate network to hackers for at least three months, making its customer list of 2.95 million cable modem subscribers accessible to anyone with a web browser and a modicum of cyber smarts . . . A single misconfigured server exposed broadband provider Excite@Home's internal corporate network to hackers for at least three months, making its customer list of 2.95 million cable modem subscribers accessible to anyone with a web browser and a modicum of cyber smarts , SecurityFocus has learned.

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