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Dozens of apartment buildings at risk due to a single default password

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Canadian security researcher Eric Daigle recently discovered a security deficiency in access control panels used to restrict access to apartment buildings across the US and Canada .

The system ships with a default password that admins are encouraged to change, but the manual doesn't explain how to do so.

The vendor said admins are not following the manufacturers' recommendations to change the default password.

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