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For The First Time, Hackers Have Used A Refrigerator To Attack Businesses
Business Insider ^ | January 17. 2014 | JULIE BORT

Posted on 01/17/2014 6:19:17 AM PST by MeshugeMikey

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To: Lazamataz

GOOGLE will be involved in the Calorie Intake Monitoring System via of the Contact Lens Glucose Monitoring device....allegedly already a reality.

imagine having a brown eyed blue tooth !


21 posted on 01/17/2014 7:06:11 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Yeah but hey, they could tell how many eggs were left from their iPhone...


22 posted on 01/17/2014 7:07:34 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: null and void

possible Red Drwaf ping...(Toastie the toaster??) IDK...

Cheers! :)


23 posted on 01/17/2014 7:08:50 AM PST by The SISU kid (I think they taste like Barbie dolls smell.)
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To: The SISU kid

Way ahead of you...


24 posted on 01/17/2014 7:10:18 AM PST by null and void (We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Just don't let your Keurig (a.k.a. Nutri-Matic Drinks Synthesizer) on the network when you try to explain to it that you want tea.
25 posted on 01/17/2014 7:12:20 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: Justa
device cannot access it unless/until the homeowner brings it into his network via entering the password into the device’s interface.

But if you just spent a ton of money on your new WiFi enabled refrigerator, why wouldn't you give it your password so you can constantly monitor your produce drawer temperature.?

I'm sorry, Dave, but I've been talking to your scale this morning. You are only getting fresh vegetables and water until you've lost 20 pounds.

26 posted on 01/17/2014 7:18:37 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: MeshugeMikey


27 posted on 01/17/2014 7:19:07 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: Justa
If the WiFi router is password protected...

Surely none of those WiFi routers have an embedded chip or code that allows someone to hack in. ; )

28 posted on 01/17/2014 7:26:42 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: KarlInOhio

Lol, yeah.

The article’s hyperbole so it’s fine to joke about it. The gist of it is they were reviewing spamm mail and noticed a significant percentage came from wifi-enabled appliances. Such as LGfridge1534214@usersISP.com. The hackers just used available network IDs on an unsecured network to send spamm mail from.

If the business network is hacked and the hackers are only using it to send spamm mail I’d say the business has a pretty low threat surface.


29 posted on 01/17/2014 7:28:04 AM PST by Justa
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To: Red Badger

yeah - my appliances been acting real funny lately

The dvd/vcr keeps flashing 12:00 12:00 12:00

Thinks its some secret code.......


30 posted on 01/17/2014 7:30:12 AM PST by njslim (St)
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To: UCANSEE2
imagine getting email from your new blue tooth enabled lawnmower


31 posted on 01/17/2014 7:35:56 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Since MS Windows first had networking embedded access, data collection and retrieval has been ubiquitous.


32 posted on 01/17/2014 7:36:54 AM PST by Justa
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To: MeshugeMikey

Our local news did a hacker piece on cell phone charges, yep, they now can hack your smart devices from your chargers.

So don’t SHARE!


33 posted on 01/17/2014 7:46:51 AM PST by GailA (THOSE WHO DON'T KEEP PROMISES TO THE MILITARY, WON'T KEEP THEM TO U!)
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To: null and void

I need some toast.


34 posted on 01/17/2014 7:50:28 AM PST by Greenperson
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To: ßuddaßudd; MeshugeMikey
>> do each of these appliances have thier own IP addresses?

Yes.

> Im guessing more likely a MAC address on the local lan

You're confused. MAC addresses and IP addresses are very different things, and a networked device must have one of each.

Every network-enabled device has a MAC address; it's an identifier in the embedded network interface chip in the device. It is by definition unique universally, since it's assigned by the manufacturer of the device when it's built.

An IP address is assigned (or configured) when the device joins a network, such as the local network (LAN) in your home/office, or the Internet.

The IP address has to be unique globally ONLY if it is connected directly to the Internet. In that case, it gets a "public" IP.

But if it's on your home/office LAN, which is configured using a NAT router (e.g. a home/office wireless router), then the device's IP address does NOT have to be globally unique. Rather it is "private", and only needs to be unique on that local network.

35 posted on 01/17/2014 7:57:41 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Hey I just got an email from your Air Conditioner? Whats GOING On?

I read a SF novel where a character got an email from her spare blue jeans, wondering why she'd been wearing the other pair for so long.

36 posted on 01/17/2014 8:02:35 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

ahaha I dont doubt it.


37 posted on 01/17/2014 8:12:11 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: GailA

although my computer is a MAC Pro...I have no “smart devices” whatsoever

people regularly ask why I dont upgrade my phone...


38 posted on 01/17/2014 8:14:09 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: Justa

...but configuring the fridge to talk on your WiFi network is one of the first things you’ll do when installed. This is “Trojan Horse” in a very real sense.


39 posted on 01/17/2014 8:22:48 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: dayglored

OK, my bad. . .


40 posted on 01/17/2014 8:28:42 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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