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Bloomberg was wrong here. Huawei routers had Telnet installed on them, which is completely standard. Vodafone, the company that was supposedly targeted, disput
by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
Bloomberg was wrong here.
Huawei routers had Telnet installed on them, which is completely standard. Vodafone, the company that was supposedly targeted, disputed Bloomberg's characterization of standard diagnostic software as a "backdoor":
> The 'backdoor' that Bloomberg refers to is Telnet, which is a protocol that is commonly used by many vendors in the industry for performing diagnostic functions. It would not have been accessible from the internet.[1]
This is not the first time Bloomberg has made sensationalist claims about Chinese backdoors. This one fell apart with even the lightest of scrutiny. One wonders if the Bloomberg reporter even understood what Telnet is.
1. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48103430 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48103430
- DataWorker 7y agoIt sounds like a backdoors to me. Oops we forgot to not install telnet on all routers we sell is as close to an admission of guilt as one might hope for.
- GhettoMaestro 7y agoBullshit - you're talking out of your ass entirely. This is a case of a dumbass enabling a protocol during dev/build, and forgetting it is in the GA build. If I wanted super-secret way to get into boxes like this, it wouldn't be telnet. It would be a very specific port-knocking sequence (or single packet authorization). Why would I want others to use my backdoor by leaving it advertised to anyone with nmap? That's stupid shit.
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