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# Default Credentials

## Overview

As much as we think people aren't using default credentials, they are using them **ALL THE TIME**. The default admin credentials should be the first password spray combination you try when you land on a login page.

## Example

<figure><img src="https://152155081-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUczSr73L34emqNMDOxDg%2Fuploads%2FPISADjH70TF1WSBun0qt%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=59cfed53-1f74-4f95-8994-fc42cf907bcd" alt=""><figcaption><p>Default Credentials on a router</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://152155081-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUczSr73L34emqNMDOxDg%2Fuploads%2F6oIIrzldcMFCw1pzmIDO%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=b734749b-aa8b-4d25-94b8-3d3aa9e7ab52" alt=""><figcaption><p>Evidence and Remediation</p></figcaption></figure>