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Equipment manufacturers commonly employ uncomplicated passwords like "admin" or "password" for all their shipped devices, with the assumption that users will modify these passwords during the initial configuration process
always change that default password ALWAYS on everything that has one
Some customers of LogicMonitor, a network security firm, have been compromised by hacking attacks due to their use of default passwords.
https://www.cysecurity.news/2023/09/default-passwords-lead-to-hacking.html
@ecksmc This annoys the crap out of me. When our family briefly tried Xfinity, they actually changed the default password from the gateway they sent from a scramble of symbols to "password" which they also apparently did for everyone else, too.
even if the default PW looks unique change it
logicmointer PW "These default passwords typically followed a recognizable pattern, such as commencing with "Welcome@" followed by a concise numerical sequence"
they are not unique