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February 10, 2016 10:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dBnrsVeC4Ig/trane-takes-2-years-to-remove-hard-coded-root-passwords-from-iot-thermostat
Trane Takes 2 Years To Remove Hard-Coded Root Passwords From IoT Thermostat
An anonymous reader writes: It took 22 months for Trane to patch three security bugs in its ComfortLink II XL950 smart Wi-Fi thermostat product, the ComfortLink II XL950, a modern IoT device along the lines of Google Nest, which offers a simple way to manage your apartment's or building's internal temperature. Researchers contacted Trane about their three issues in April 2014, the company fixed the RCE flaws in April 2015 and recently released a firmware update at the end of January to fix the last issue. During all this time, the company barely answered emails and continued to sell an exposed product.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dBnrsVeC4Ig/trane-takes-2-years-to-remove-hard-coded-root-passwords-from-iot-thermostat
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