Point-of-Sale vendor has used the same admin password for 25 years

A major vendor of point-of-sale terminals has not changed the default passwords used on its devices in a quarter of a century, researchers have revealed at RSA 2015.

The firm was not named during the presentation by Charles Henderson and David Byrne for security reasons, but it is said to be a widely used manufacturer. Although the password can (and should) be changed, CIO reports that the researchers believed in most cases they were left as customers assumed the password – 166816 – was unique to them.

Point-of-Sale vendor has used the same admin password for 25 years