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SECURITY! "Intruder" on Telstra-BigPond 4G Advanced II AirCard 790S
Hi I really wanted this to appear under Security, but the website directed me here so if mods, you decide I'm in the wrong place, I did try. As shown, our family has a Netgear, BigPond Wi-Fi ...
Oh dear! It's fess-up time.
At my wife's suggestion, I checked the bottom of a little device sitting on the tv set.
Could it have been that? she asked. Today, very late in the peace, I checked it out. The device is a WD TV Live Streaming Media Player. On its back, of course, is its product information sheet - with its MAC number listed on it! The same number as the "intruder".
I am presently very red-faced. Sorry to have been a time-waster, everyone! I live and learn.
:smileyembarrassed:
ausgumbie
Thanks Darren
Sorry tardy with reply - other issues delayed me.
Info re Western Digital - many thanks. Got me reading. I noted they also make MyBook which can be modified to do a number of things. (e.g. - "Hacking WD MyBook World Ed" - http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum:recent-posts). Do you know - from your own knowledge - whether someone could use such a device (or similar) like a computer to launch attacks on people's WiFi routers/hotspots?
Also, this being a Netgear site, any comment on the AC790S and the password length (and mix of letters, numerals, symbols) it allows would be appreciated. However, I'll also make that a separate question to the forums.
Many thanks
ausgumbie
Oh dear! It's fess-up time.
At my wife's suggestion, I checked the bottom of a little device sitting on the tv set.
Could it have been that? she asked. Today, very late in the peace, I checked it out. The device is a WD TV Live Streaming Media Player. On its back, of course, is its product information sheet - with its MAC number listed on it! The same number as the "intruder".
I am presently very red-faced. Sorry to have been a time-waster, everyone! I live and learn.
:smileyembarrassed:
ausgumbie