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Over 19,000 Orange Livebox Modems Expose WiFi Credentials

Calendar Dec 26, 2018 • User Avatar Brittany Day
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Over the weekend, a security researcher has discovered that nearly 19,500 Orange Livebox ADSL modems are leaking WiFi credentials. Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets LLC, says his company's honeypots have detected at least one threat actor scanning heavily for Orange modems. Scans started Friday, December 21, Mursch said.

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