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Casino Gets Hacked Through Its Internet-Connected Fish Tank Thermometer
The Hacker News ^
| April 16, 2018
| Wang Wei
Posted on 12/25/2020 7:23:35 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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We have another great example that showcases how one innocent looking insecure IoT device connected to your network can cause security nightmares.
Nicole Eagan, the CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, told attendees at an event in London on Thursday how cybercriminals hacked an unnamed casino through its Internet-connected thermometer in an aquarium in the lobby of the casino.
According to what Eagan claimed, the hackers exploited a vulnerability in the thermostat to get a foothold in the network. Once there, they managed to access the high-roller database of gamblers and "then pulled it back across the network, out the thermostat, and up to the cloud."
Although Eagan did not disclose the identity of the casino, the incident she was sharing could be of last year, when Darktrace published a report [PDF], referencing to a thermometer hack of this sort on an unnamed casino based in North America.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: 2018; casino; clickbait; hacking; iot; oldnews; puttheyearintitle
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
Just ignore her politely. I used to have some friends who scoffed at me for being careful about passwords. That was before major hacking and virus attack make headlines in earnest. Same thing is happening now.
People only see the upside of using connected devices now. Will stay that way until their own devices are hacked and they are left powerless.
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
“Just ignore her politely.”
You must not be married.
To: glorgau
That’s what they get for not partitioning their network...
What part off fish@casino.com v. highrollers@casino.com do they not understand? Even in my stupidly small business which has no important data to reveal to anyone I layer access. Jeez.
83
posted on
12/26/2020 6:57:35 PM PST
by
nicollo
(I said no!)
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
At least voting machines connected to the Internet are safe. /Sar.
84
posted on
12/26/2020 6:59:26 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
How much did they get away with?
85
posted on
12/26/2020 6:59:55 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
No. I have inside info that it was the Barracuda.
86
posted on
12/26/2020 7:02:47 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Yaelle
It is not money. Personal info of high-rollers at the casino. 10 GB of data is said to be illegally transferred.
To: Notthereyet; newfreep
If you were SMART; You had to live–did live, from habit that became instinct–in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except EVEN in darkness, every moment scrutinized”
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posted on
12/27/2020 3:16:17 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
yup! It has analyzed my daily driving habits! Or; more likely; it is in cahoots with my Uconnect® system in my new Jeep! How else would my phone know I had just gotten into the Jeep? (The car DOES send a message to my phone as to where I've parked it at the Mega Mall!)
89
posted on
12/27/2020 3:20:55 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
yup!
It has analyzed my daily driving habits!
Or; more likely; it is in cahoots with my Uconnect® system in my new Jeep!
How else would my phone know I had just gotten into the Jeep?
(The car DOES send a message to my phone as to where I've parked it at the Mega Mall!)
90
posted on
12/27/2020 3:21:58 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
The Sceptre’s have a VGA input.
Why pay MORE for a computer ‘monitor’ the same size, that doesn’t have TV functions; too?
91
posted on
12/27/2020 3:44:29 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
92
posted on
12/27/2020 3:45:30 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
You mean JANUARY; right?
Non-smart ones would be contraband on that date; if Joe gets in.
Cash-for-Clunkers was just a prelude.
“Turn-in-a-TV” will be the NEXT big thing; especially if it’s your NEIGHBORS!!
93
posted on
12/27/2020 3:47:26 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
You make Alexa cry...
(And Natasha MAD!!)
94
posted on
12/27/2020 3:48:20 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Notthereyet
You make Alexa cry...
(And Natasha MAD!!)
95
posted on
12/27/2020 3:48:36 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
How much was LEGALLY transfered?
96
posted on
12/27/2020 3:50:17 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
To: Yaelle
"Now hear this: mr. highroller has just ordered a; ahem; massage from the salon.
More as new information arrives."
98
posted on
12/27/2020 3:53:41 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
Nicole Eagan, the CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, told attendees at an event in London on Thursday how cybercriminals hacked an unnamed casino through its Internet-connected thermometer in an aquarium in the lobby of the casino.Yup.
This is EXACTLY the kind of 'story' that I would tell; to a bunch of nervous folks wanting to secure THEIR data from attack!
99
posted on
12/27/2020 3:55:47 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
...Jan...?
_________________
No. It was from a post of Feb 2020.
LOL
100
posted on
12/27/2020 6:18:31 AM PST
by
Notthereyet
(May the Lord God Find 10 Good Men In America. Amen. )
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