[GLLUG] WAS: Re: Am I over-reacting to this?

John Edwards john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Mon Jan 20 13:40:38 UTC 2014


Hi

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 01:27:08PM +0000, Jean van Wyngaardt wrote:
> In the news today..
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25809208#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
> 

Technical details here:
	https://scotthelme.co.uk/ee-brightbox-router-hacked/

But the description of this problem is different to John Winters'.
This is the leakage of security information (including admin password
and WPA keys) through the HTTP web interface, but it seems to only be
available on the LAN side of the router by default.


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