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Can a 314 ReadyNAS get hacked?
I am really worried : A few days ago I had to have tech support to me brand new 314 readyNAS. I was asked for my password by the online tech and left it in tech support mode for 12 hours until the ...
how did someone know which WAN IP address to target? My address is static but we have only had it 6 weeks total since our service provider changed a batch over apparently.
There are crawlers scanning through public IP's, trying to connect to port 22 and then various different passwords. Some of them specifically looking for ReadyNAS devices with the tech support password... It's why we very rarely and only as a last resort recommend device access through port forwarding.
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