Security Issues For Many Alcatel DSL Modems

If you own an Alcatel DSL modem, you will be interrested to know that virtually anybody on the planet is probably able to reconfigure your modem, steal your passwords, sniff your data, install a custom firmware into it, or just break it for fun. Lack of proper authentification, and various back-doors have been pointed out amongst various design flaws. The man who discovered this is Tsutomu Shimomura, who got famous at getting Kevin Mitnick arrested. Alcatel claims 36% share of the DSL market, with more than 1.7 million units installed. I think now would be a good a time as any to check that label on the back of your modem.