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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by manuelabeledo on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:27AM (#25621379)
Zyxel is Taiwanese.

Also, this is more likely a case of incompetence, not maliciousness.

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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by coolgod on Sunday January 03, 2021 @03:30PM (#25624936)
How do you know Taiwan doesn't have malicious state actors behind these backdoors? Is it because they aren't in a China ruled by the evil CCP?
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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by cutemonster on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:53PM (#25626835)
Or could it be an insider job?

Some execs or managers demanding a backdoor, then secretly privately selling the secret password to various nation states and private security companies (for personal profit)

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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by coolgod on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:05PM (#25640093)
This is a valid possibility, interesting to see such double standards applied to different tech companies based on the residence of their HQ.
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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by manuelabeledo on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:58PM (#25626858)
Why would they? Also, why expose it in such an obvious way?
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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by Bancakes on Sunday January 03, 2021 @11:55AM (#25622916)
Incompetence is a form of malice in cases like this.
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Re:Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firew... by manuelabeledo on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:57PM (#25626856)
I disagree.

Was the Solarwinds hack an act of malice, then?

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