article_snippet.sent: The password, 166816, is still being used by about 90 per cent of customers, researchers David Byrne and Charles Henderson disclosed on Wednesday during the annual RSA security conference in California.
article_snippet.sent: Charles Henderson said that unidentified global vendor had been using the same default password since at least 1990, according to The Register.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers Charles Henderson (right) and David Byrne (left) said a global maker of cash registers has been using the same default password on the payment devices for more than two decades.
article_snippet.sent: Nine out of 10 times when we see equipment from that manufacturer, 90 per cent of the time, this is the password,' Charles Henderson said. '
article_snippet.sent: I actually saw the password really recently on a different manufacturer's device [by a customer] who thought the password was unique to them.'
article_snippet.sent: While Henderson and Byrne did not name the vendor using the 166816 password,  a Google search pointed to Verifone which connects around 27 million payment devices around the world, according to RT.
article_snippet.sent: While Henderson and Byrne Byrne did not name the vendor, a Google search pointed to Verifone (file photo of one of Verifone's payment devices)
highlights_snippet.sent: Researchers  said during security conference that payment devices by unidentified global vendor came with password '166816'
  
highlights_snippet.sent: While researchers did not identify the vendor, Google search points to Verifone, which said Google devices in the field come with password