Re: Cheap DVR's Get Hacked

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/29/2013 10:51 AM, Bill wrote:
> In article <d03c0282-39d9-453a-b233-e2a9d9f58639@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> chriswheeldon@xxxxxxxxx says...
>>
>> Every now and then I think "maybe the cheap store-bought DVR's aren't so bad for the price," then I find a link like this...
>>
>> http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/01/29/0111238/58000-security-camera-systems-critically-vulnerable-to-attackers
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>
> I once worked for a company which had their personnel / payroll computer
> (mainframe with terminals for employees) in a separate locked metal cage
> in the computer room. NOT connected to the internet. And all wires going
> to terminals in the personnel office run in metal conduit pipes!
>
> Other high security computers are NOT connected to any phone lines or
> the internet.
>
> I guess that is a good idea!
>

We live in a scary world.  My son's PlayStation account information was
one of the ones that were compromised when Sony got hacked.  Sony was
complacent about security and left their customers vulnerable.  Totally
unacceptable for a company to not take appropriate precautions in this
day and age.  My son will never buy another Sony branded product as a
result.

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