BT say there is no security threat
by David Allen
The BT home hub has been exposed as being an open gateway for some hackers, who by using some easily obtained software, can crack the home hub passwords and once into the system change the settings to suit them and not the user.
However since this has been out, BT have denied that there is a real flaw in the system and say that the whole thing is just theoretical.
In order for a hacker to actually crack the system it would take similar odds to winning the National Lottery.
Although BT and the industry have known about this problem for some time now, there have not been any security alerts or even a basic warning issued to their customers, informing them of the potential problem.
In order to make a wi-fi system more secure it is advisable to change the internet security from WEP to WPA and then change the password to long mixture of letter and numbers.
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Why is this all over the media again today? It was brought up in April and is all based on an article published last October!
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/bt-home-flub-pwnin-the-bt-home-hub/
Comment by Tim Kermode — May 28, 2008 @ 8:21 am
The difference is that BT sent a mass email previously warning that home users could be at risk if they didn’t change the default password on their router.
Now the warning is different - about routers being intentionally hacked via third-party software.
Similar topic, different story. :)
Comment by Brian Turner — May 28, 2008 @ 9:54 am