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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by shawnz on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:29AM (#22034714)
It also seems to require that the attacker knows the credentials for the modem.
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Re:Cable Haunt: A critical vulnerability found in cable modems by kjs3 on Monday January 13, 2020 @12:43PM (#22036677)
They are virtually always either the manufacturers default credentials or the carriers default credentials. Anyone can find the former, and all one has to do is find a pliable tech to get the latter.
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