A pair of university students say they found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world.
Months later, the vulnerability remains open after CSC ServiceWorks repeatedly ignored requests to fix the flaw.
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Source: TechCrunch
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