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'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack 2016-10-22 15:15:28 Post No. 57189776
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'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack
Anonymous
2016-10-22 15:15:28
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>Hackers used internet-connected home devices, such as CCTV cameras and printers, to attack popular websites on Friday, security analysts say.
>Any number of home devices could be used in such attacks - so long as they're connected to the internet
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37738823
tfw my smart toaster can bring down Facebook
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your smart toaster doesnt have the specs to ddos anything
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>>57189776
Hardly surprising when most "smart appliances" are pretty much never patched
IoT is the next big fuckery waiting to happen
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Thanks, Linux!
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>>57189802
That should be Thanks China. If those fuckers actually gave a damn they wouldn't be using an outdated version of the kernel to begin with.
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>to attack popular websites
they make it sound all wrong
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who's actually impressed by an internet connected refrigerator? it's litterally a refrigerator with an ipad glued to it. IoT has to be the most normie thing ever.
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