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Nighthawk Plain Text Security Question Answers
Today I was working on a Netgear Nighthawk wireless router. I pulled a backup of the router before upgrading the firmware. I found that while the admin password was encrypted, the security question answers were listed in plain text. Just wanted to put that out there since this seems like an oversight on Netgears part.
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Seems like a security issue but so does someone having access to your files/router in the first place.
(yes I do understand that its a security issue, just being the smart**s in the room)
