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October 31, 2016 11:30 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/AlwBHwrtSMo/unsecured-internet-of-things-g.html
Unsecured Internet of Things gadgets get hacked within 40 minutes of being connected to the net
The Atlantic's Andrew McGill set up a virtual server on Amazon's cloud that presented to the internet as a crappy, insecure Internet of Things toaster; 41 minutes later, a hacked IoT device connected to it and tried to hack it. Within a day, the "toaster" had been hacked more than 300 times. (more…)
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