http://www.computerworld.com/article/2913808/malware-vulnerabilities/credit-card-terminals-have-used-same-password-since-1990s.html
By Martyn Williams
IDG News Service
April 23, 2015
While retailers battle breaches that have resulted in tens of millions of
credit card numbers stolen, word comes from the RSA Conference in San
Francisco that a major vendor of payment terminals has been shipping
devices for over two decades with the same default password.
The vendor wasn't named by the researchers, David Byrne and Charles
Henderson, but they did disclose the password: 166816.
A Google search reveals that's the default password for several models of
credit card terminal sold by Verifone, a Silicon Valley-based vendor that
says it connects 27 million payment devices and has operations in 150
countries.
In a statement on Thursday, Verifone acknowledged that all its devices in
the field came with the same default password, which the company said was
Z66831. Over the years, the password has become known and can be found on
the Internet along with instructions for programming terminals, Verifone
said.
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