---
title: "Is 'admin' password leaving your IoT device vulnerable to cyberattacks? - ZDNet"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/is-admin-password-leaving-your-iot-device-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks-zdnet/"
date: "2017-04-27T05:49:56+00:00"
section: "Hardware/Network"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Hardware Security"
  - "Internet of Things"
source: "zdnet.com"
source_url: "http://www.zdnet.com/article/is-admin-password-leaving-your-iot-device-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks/"
---

# Is 'admin' password leaving your IoT device vulnerable to cyberattacks? - ZDNet

April 27, 2017 · Reported by zdnet.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2017/is-admin-password-leaving-your-iot-device-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks-zdnet.jpg)

> ‘Admin’, ‘root’, ‘124356’, ‘password’. No wonder there has been an endemic of cyberattackers hijacking Internet of Things (IoT) devices when default passwords are this poor and users aren’t bothering to change them — or worse, don’t have the option to.

[Read the full article at zdnet.com](http://www.zdnet.com/article/is-admin-password-leaving-your-iot-device-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks/)

**Tags:** [Cyber Attack](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-attack/) · [Hardware Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/hardware-security/) · [Internet of Things](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/internet-of-things/)