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by nerdy 3534 days ago
I'm not sure. Maybe that's the case for the passwords which can be changed via the administrative app but I read many of these are in firmware and not able to be disabled or changed:

“The issue with these particular devices is that a user cannot feasibly change this password,” Flashpoint’s Zach Wikholm told KrebsOnSecurity. “The password is hardcoded into the firmware, and the tools necessary to disable it are not present.

- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powe...

That's not to say it couldn't flash the devices but I don't recall seeing that capability in the Mirai source and haven't read about it doing so.