[PapaBear3625]

Take a WiFi-enabled fridge, install malware, and as soon as it's delivered to its new (wealthy, in order to afford it) owner, you can do as you please with his home network, since you are already inside his firewall.

And all it takes is to have one of your people install some software at some point along the distribution chain.

Or even at its Chinese point of manufacturing...

[MeshugeMikey]

ah...... yes.... the Chinese Connection

I hadnt come anywhere near to seeing that obvious..”angle’

[bigtoona]

It makes a great headline but in reality a WIFI enabled appliance is essentially a laptop attached to said appliance running some flavor of Linux in most cases. Its an excellent hack because most people would never suspect the fridge or toaster being used as an entry point into their home network. TV sets, printers, scanners, wifi thermostats can all be hacked and placed in the retail packaging for an unsuspecting consumer to bring home.

[GeronL]

I know someone with an expensive bed that shows up as a wi-fi network... very strange