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October 26, 2017 10:12 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vT4goCcqbO0/inmarsat-amosconnect8.html
A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won't be patched
An audit of Inmarsat's AmosConnect 8 (originally sold by Stratos Global, now an Inmarsat division) reveals that the ship-to-satellite internet product has a deliberate hidden backdoor -- and an accidental SQL code-injection vulnerability -- that allows anyone in the world to take over all, interrupt, and/or spy on the internet access on many of the world's largest ships and oil rigs. (more…)
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