A news-article by a German online magazine says that every customer who wants to log on to the Cisco Support-Management got the following message:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
* Cisco has determined that Cisco.com password protection has been compromised.
* Cisco has determined that Cisco.com password protection has been compromised.
For caution, Cisco has reset all passwords.
Original Article(in German) :http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62404
Translation (by me) :
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For Ciscos image regarding Security it is getting even harder. After the network specialist's unfortunate role at the recitation about Cisco-flaws a week ago and a heap overflow in the procession of IPv6-packets being published shortly after that, customer data has apparently been compromised. Everybody who tries to log on to Cisco's webserver for support-management and orderings, gets the message:
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
* Cisco has determined that Cisco.com password protection has been compromised.
As a precaution, Cisco has reset the passwords, as an empoyee at the Cisco-Hotline confirmed on request by Heise Security. The situation is specially sensitive, because not just everyone can download patches for Cisco-products. Who for example wants to secure his router against the last Friday published flaw in the procession of IPv6 Packets, usually needs access to Cisco's Software Distribution Center.
The employee couldn't tell when the regular service would be restored and an official response to the affairs by Cisco is still outstanding. Due to the flood of requests to Cisco, the clarification of the issue will take time.
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