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Time Warner Testing Fix for Hole in its Routers

After one of its customers discovered a security hole big enough to drive a truck through, Time Warner issued a temporary patch for its SMC8014 cable modem – wireless router. A permanent fix is being worked on as we speak.

Time Warner has rolled out a temporary patch and is testing a permanent fix for a security hole in a combination cable modem/Wi-Fi router that could allow anyone to access the private network of its customers, snoop on sensitive data, and direct customers to malicious Web sites.