Researchers discover sensitive corporate data on decommissioned routers

Looking at configuration data, 56% of decommissioned routers disposed of and sold on the secondary market contained sensitive corporate data, according to ESET. Of the networks that had complete configuration data available: 22% contained customer data 33% exposed data allowing third-party connections to the network 44% had credentials for connecting to other networks as a trusted party 89% itemized connection details for specific applications 89% contained router-to-router authentication keys 100% contained one or more of … More →

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