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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

this is the best news ever. find the compromised thermostat. that’s called evidence.

this just got much simpler.


5 posted on 12/25/2020 7:28:26 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: JohnBrowdie

I’m missing something.

What thermostat was compromised, other than the one in the story?

Been searching and I can’t find anything relevant.


20 posted on 12/25/2020 7:51:17 PM PST by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: JohnBrowdie
Apparently, this is not a new type of hacking people have never known before. It is pretty much a public knowledge in cybersecurity circle.

Hackers exploit casino's smart thermometer to steal database info

BY KELLEN BECK

APR 16, 2018

"The attackers used that to get a foothold in the network," Eagan said at a Wall Street Journal panel. "They then found the high-roller database and then pulled that back across the network, out the thermostat, and up to the cloud."

21 posted on 12/25/2020 7:52:20 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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