Strange & Dangerous Hacks

[AIcash]

IoT hacks can be bizarre and risky:

A smart coffee maker was hacked to display a ransom note or even cause fire hazards.

Hackers used a Las Vegas casino fish tank to steal 10 GB of data.

A biometric door sensor secretly mined Monero during the 2020 pandemic.

Robot vacuums were remotely piloted and used to spy on users.

[Nahid Hossen]

Those IoT hacks show how even harmless gadgets can become serious security threats.

[Abdul Khan]

From ransom notes to hidden crypto mining, connected devices can be a real weak link.