Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay (Slashdot)

September 29, 2008 | By In Ebay Tips and Tricks |

Barence writes “A security expert was stunned to discover a VPN device he’d bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local council’s confidential servers. Bought for just 99p for use at work, when plugged in it automatically connected with the login details which had been carelessly left on the device. ‘The whole selling point of the device was that it was extremely easy to configure. It’s …

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