Posted on 09/30/2016 7:21:31 AM PDT by rktman
Attackers used an army of hijacked security cameras and video recorders to launch several massive internet attacks last week, prompting fresh concern about the vulnerability of millions of “smart” devicesin homes and businesses connected to the internet.
The assaults raised eyebrows among security experts both for their size and for the machines that made them happen. The attackers used as many as one million Chinese-made security cameras, digital video recorders and other infected devices to generate webpage requests and data that knocked their targets offline, security experts said.
Those affected include French web hosting provider OVH and U.S. security researcher Brian Krebs, whose website was disabled temporarily.
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Notice how the big push for smart meters in every home suddenly became very quiet.
LOL! The ones they installed on my elec/gas meters are pretty quiet.
Factory infected, or field infected?
Well, as long as the hackers don’t mind staring at the inside of my pants pocket for hours on end...they’re more than welcome to hack my phone camera.
Only other possibilities would be my upset or smiling facial expressions while reading FR.
“Well, as long as the hackers don’t mind staring at the inside of my pants pocket for hours on end...they’re more than welcome to hack my phone camera.”
or, what looks like a BSOD..... a piece of blue painters tape over the “selfie” camera under the otterbox case.....
KYPD
And you guys laughed when I posted the Mr. Coffee and LG frig with Wi-Fi.
Oh the humanity! Waking up, longing for that first cup only to see the BSOD and Beijing time on the clock.
Wait until the start hacking in to the new refrigerators that scan the inside of your fridge and you end up buying things that you really aren’t in short supply of. Now we’re getting serious. ;-)
My wife told me yesterday that Nevada Energy is offering free wireless thermostats. I said no thank you. We don’t need them controlling the temp in our home.
Lol! Yeah, it’s bad enough with the transmitters on the meters.
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