Article 7MSQ POS vendor used same password – 166816 – non-stop since 1990

POS vendor used same password – 166816 – non-stop since 1990

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Story ImageYour PoS is a P.O.S., chortle hackers, uneasily

RSA 2015 Fraud fighters David Byrne and Charles Henderson say one of the world's largest Point of Sale (PoS) systems vendors has been slapping the same default passwords - 166816 - on its kit since 1990. Worse still: about 90 per cent of customers are still using the password."

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