Security News 5,000 Routers With No Telnet Password. Nothing to See Here! Move Along!

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A Brazilian ISP appears to have deployed routers without a Telnet password for nearly 5,000 customers, leaving the devices wide open to abuse.
The devices have been discovered this week by Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security, a cyber-security company specialized in IoT security.
All exposed devices are Datacom routers the ISP —Oi Internet— has provided to customers. Anubhav says he identified three types of Datacom routers —DM991CR, DM706CR, and DM991CS.

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Some devices featured a Telnet password, but the vast majority allowed anyone to connect to the router and alter its configuration.
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