Time Warner Cable Exposes 65,000 Customer Routers to Remote Hacks

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A vulnerability in a Time Warner cable modem and Wi-Fi router deployed to 65,000 customers would allow a hacker to remotely access the device’s administrative menu over the internet, and potentially change the settings to intercept traffic, according to a blogger who discovered the issue. Time Warner acknowledged the problem to Threat Level on Tuesday, and says it’s in the process of testing replacement firmware code from the router manufacturer, which it plans to push out to customers soon. “We were aware of the problem last week and have been working on it since,” said Time Warner spokesman Alex Dudley.