My Eircom WEP key was cracked

THEMAVS4LIFE · 18-02-2010 01:43PM #1

I have eircom 3mb, quite recently i got hacked by an unknown person so i tried
to find out how he/she hacks my wep key and i was astonished to find a website
in which u type in the "ssid" and u recieve the key http://s4dd.yore.ma/eircom/

This Is A warning to all eircom users that u could be hacked sp easy so i hope u change ur key NOW!!!!! I think this topic was brought up before but just to point out the importance!!!! A hacked network will slow down and possible get
alot of spam sent to them. Final UR EMAIL which mine was hacked so beware :mad::mad:

TY,THEMAVSLIFE

Please don't use that website to hack no other then urself

Cabaal · 18-02-2010 01:56PM

You have a old eircom ADSL router which a known security issue, as an Eircom customer you were previously sent a letter by eircom to change your router wireless settings so that you would not have this problem. (as eircom became aware of this issue years back)

To quote the readme attached

Simple code that generates WEP keys and factory password when supplied netopia MAC or SSID WEP algorithm was discovered around 2006 and published around 2007
so yes, it's old news.

It seems however you did not do this so somebody accessed your wifi with very little work...
Eircom sent this letter out to customers back in 2007 - http://s4dd.yore.ma/eircom/eircom-bs.jpg and this was on their website too http://s4dd.yore.ma/eircom/eircom-bs2.jpg

What else can they do?

You weren't hacked, accessing one of the old eircom routers is extremely easy...plenty of websites and programs that will allow you do this this.

Since this is very old news I've edited ther thread title to make things clearer

dlofnep · 18-02-2010 01:58PM

Nobody in 2010 should be using WEP to secure their router.

Zapho · 18-02-2010 02:02PM

Exactly. The default WEP key supplied by those old eircom routers isn't your biggest worry OP. ANY WEP key is simple to crack and takes minutes only. Use WPA2 if can and if your
current router doesn't support it, get a new router!

Wcool · 18-02-2010 03:23PM

Look at it from the positive side! Eircom has created the biggest public wifi network in the world!!

Progression by going backwards!

BaconZombie · 18-02-2010 04:37PM

FYP

dlofnep wrote: »

Nobody in 2010 except people with a Nintendo Wii or DS should be using WEP to secure their router.

Moriarty · 18-02-2010 06:36PM

The Wii and newer versions of the DS both support WPA2 - I think the original DS may only do wep, but that's just a reason not to use one

18-02-2010 06:42PM

Its partiality your own fault if you didn't change your WEP key to a more secure system like WPA2.

Eircom made BIG news about it a while ago.

There is even a iPhone app which exploits this algorithm.

smellslikeshoes · 18-02-2010 06:53PM

Sitting in my bedroom right now I'm getting 12 wireless networks of which 7 are WEP and out of those 7 there is 4 which are susceptible to the Eircom flaw. Amazes me how many people just ignored that letter back then.

Deleted User wrote: »

Its partiality your own fault if you didn't change your WEP key to a more secure system like WPA2.

Eircom made BIG news about it a while ago.

There is even a iPhone app which exploits this algorithm.

To be fair they didn't really, it took a serious effort by people on this board and certain blogs for Eircom to even acknowledge it. And even when they did finally send a letter out they didn't go far enough.

18-02-2010 07:04PM

Fair enough, but I remember seeing it on a lot of news shows and in most newspapers.

If you didn't have any idea on how to change your security you could just go onto Eircom site and look at very clear tutorials.

http://broadbandsupport.eircom.net/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/&/?St=64&E=0000000000219170748&K=9286&SXI=14&case=9048&branch=4

But that tutorial is still bad as it only shows how to change a WEP key and not use other security.

If you couldn't be bothered to change the key, then as I said it's partiality your own fault.

18-02-2010 07:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Its partiality your own fault if you didn't change your WEP key to a more secure system like WPA2.

90% of people don't know that though...

Spear · 18-02-2010 08:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

90% of people don't know that though...

Anyone who missed the RTE news report, the CNN report, the BBC report, the various news paper articles, the pamphlet included with their bill etc, and still uses WEP doesn't deserve any sympathy.

dub45 · 18-02-2010 08:15PM

Spear wrote: »

Anyone who missed the RTE news report, the CNN report, the BBC report, the various news paper articles, the pamphlet included with their bill etc, and still uses WEP doesn't deserve any sympathy.

Not to mention someone who actually knows that the broadband forum of boards.ie exists!:rolleyes: Just an excuse to publish that site I guess.

jimmycrackcorm · 18-02-2010 11:37PM

Wcool wrote: »

Look at it from the positive side! Eircom has created the biggest public wifi network in the world!!

Progression by going backwards!

And really useful too at times....

Wcool · 19-02-2010 12:35AM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

And really useful too at times....

Yes indeed.

I use the Apple app, great for a quick email in the city on my ipod touch. I don't feel too guilty as I run a public proxy on my LAN for other people as well.
Sharing is caring...

vibe666 · 19-02-2010 11:51AM

THEMAVS4LIFE wrote: »

This Is A warning to all eircom users that u could be hacked sp easy so i hope u change ur key NOW!!!!!

Brian?

in other news, did anyone else hear that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's dad?

I'm actually finding it pretty hard to bel;ieve that you're genuine.

the only posts you have on the whole of boards.ie (all 9 of them since the 7th of January) are all in this thread and there's no sign of your username being used anywhere else, which makes me think you made it up specifically to promote the site in your first post, althouh this is such old news that I wonder why you'd bother.

THEMAVS4LIFE · 19-02-2010 07:33PM

can i just say u are a *** if there was ever any1. Im looking for help for me and others that some foolish jokes that u will laugh about until ur 90 sure must be the highlight of ur life.

thanks for all telling me to change my wep key and i will so ty to all mods and USEFUL users

Shamo · 19-02-2010 07:38PM

It's also very useful to post the actual link where you can get the WEP key so if there's anyone who hasn't seen it (about 1% of Ireland) they are now well aware how to do it.

The Oggmonster · 19-02-2010 07:53PM

I have an old Eircom router and it uses WEP. Could I just buy this and replace it myself?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=503688&view=detailed#ProductTabs

Would my PS3 and my phone still be able to connect to it?

Shamo · 19-02-2010 07:56PM

The Oggmonster wrote: »

I have an old Eircom router and it uses WEP. Could I just buy this and replace it myself?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=503688&view=detailed#ProductTabs

Would my PS3 and my phone still be able to connect to it?

If you browse to your router you should be able to change it to WPA - Psk in the Wireless section which just uses a shared key of your choice.

Could be http://192.168.0.254 or http://192.168.1.254 (sorry might be obvious but don't know your knowledge!)

dlofnep · 19-02-2010 08:45PM

Shamo wrote: »

If you browse to your router you should be able to change it to WPA - Psk in the Wireless section which just uses a shared key of your choice.

Could be http://192.168.0.254 or http://192.168.1.254 (sorry might be obvious but don't know your knowledge!)

You can check it with ipconfig on Windows (the router's address will be listed as default gateway), or for linux - check your arp table or use netstat -nr.

John1000 · 19-02-2010 08:51PM

THEMAVS4LIFE wrote: »

can i just say u are a *** if there was ever any1. Im looking for help for me and others that some foolish jokes that u will laugh about until ur 90 sure must be the highlight of ur life.

thanks for all telling me to change my wep key and i will so ty to all mods and USEFUL users

WEP is insecure no matter what key you use and can be cracked in minutes.
Eircom just made it much more convenient for people to illegally access some wireless networks. The good news is that your router more than likely
supports WPA

ScouseMouse · 19-02-2010 08:52PM

As above. This is really old news. I have my own 7meg connection, but if it ever went down, there are three different eircom connections in range that I could use

- If I wanted to. The original eircom settings have more holes than a tea bag but it was well publicised that everyone should change there setting.

Wasnt the original encryption key based on a line from Voodoo Chilli?

Cabaal · 19-02-2010 09:18PM

superscouse wrote: »

Wasnt the original encryption key based on a line from Voodoo Chilli?

The keys were based around this

const char *lyrics[8] = {
"Although your world wonders me, ",
"with your superior cackling hen,",
"Your people I do not understand,",
"So to you I shall put an end and",
"You'll never hear surf music aga",
"Strange beautiful grassy green, ",
"With your majestic silver seas, ",
"Your mysterious mountains I wish" };

jay93 · 22-02-2010 03:19AM

well this is old news really i knew about this the past few years and have used the aboved method dont worry to much most people who know about this have no intenetion on stealing any information from you hell its ireland your talking about half the people tink if that computers are this impossible thing to use if anyone is gona hack you it will be for internet access only stop being paranoid people where is the sharing side of people left i left my wireless router open for anyone to use but never noticed any activity on the wireless network also if u wanna find out the name of the pc (might give away the name of a person close to your house you may know ) http://192.168.1.254 enter into expert mode >statistics>WAN then a list of devices plus names on the wireless network will show change to WPA even tough this can be hacked to but requires a hell lot of work and most people wont bother other than that if you stay with WEP your screwed if you really care bout people using your connection !!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

also if your router does not support wpa get onto eircom and tell them you want a new one all new routers come WPA as default so anyone who has got eircom in the past year or so dont worry your protected !!

Esel · 22-02-2010 03:53AM

^Why waste your time typing that, when no-one's going to bother reading it because you don't use any punctuation?

vibe666 · 22-02-2010 01:28PM

esel wrote: »

^Why waste your time typing that, when no-one's going to bother reading it because you don't use any punctuation?

not true, there's a double explamation mark at the end of each paragraph.

Cabaal · 22-02-2010 01:46PM

...and I think this thread has come to the end of its life

My Eircom WEP key was cracked

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