While users are still struggling with changing their wi-fi passwords following a hack attempted last week, service provider TalkTalk gives shocking advice. The UK Internet service providerhas asked its users to relax as there will be no harm made to the details they have online.
TalkTalk Customer Router IDs Hacking Details
TalkTalk customers were shocked to find that their Wi-Fi passwords have been stolen as hackers attacked their network. The router IDs, according to USwitch, were hacked and could cause serious harm. The hackers have reportedly used a transformed version of a cyber bug, the Mirai worm, to destroy the routers.
Following the hack reports, Pen Test Partners' security researcher Ken Munro warned about the threat that can be imposed on users because it exposed password details. He said that users will be prone to more cyber attacks in the future and, hence, they must change their passwords for safety. On the other hand, TalkTalk has been insisting on keeping the passwords the same as there is no threat at all.
TalkTalk's Advice To Customers Is Shocking
In short, TalkTalk has denied claims of any uninvited element hacking the user routers. "As is widely known, the Mirai worm is affecting many ISPs around the world and it has affected a small number of TalkTalk customers," a spokeswoman told the BBC. "We continue to take steps to review any potential impacts and have deployed a variety of solutions to ensure customers' routers remain safe.
The advice from TalkTalk came as an astonishing suggestion for various cyber security experts and has been widely criticized. "If TalkTalk has evidence that significant numbers of passwords are out in the wild, then at the very least they should be advising their customers to change their passwords," University of Surrey's Prof Alan Woodward said.
