Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach

Re:Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach by walrus01 on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:11AM (#20353499)

I don't think we've really had "the big one" yet, it's going to be something like several years of recorded private audio conversations from the interiors of luxury cars being dumped, or every amazon echo on the planet simultaneously playing 'fuck the police' by NWA.

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Re:Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach by glenneroo on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:22AM (#20354350)

> every amazon echo on the planet simultaneously playing 'fuck the police' by NWA

I wish I were a hacker capable of such feats.

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Re:Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach by lloeki on Thursday July 04, 2019 @12:43PM (#20355965)

I was more thinking like every thermostat being taken over and dialed to eleven to the same side of extreme outside temperature conditions.

Or constantly toggling things that require power in sync, which would throw off the power grid system in some way.

Or making food rot in fridges.

Or randomly flashing lights on during night, interrupting people sleep.

There are many ways that some of those things can be statistically dangerous or life threatening at scale, either directly or by consequence.

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Re:Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach by canofbars on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:21AM (#20353537)

Does facebook user data getting sent to a 3rd party to manipulate elections big enough? IoT devices are regularly being used to DDoS major internet services.

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Re:Two Billion Records Exposed in 'Smart Home' Breach by Fordec on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:21AM (#20353542)

I personally the impact of nuclear disasters a quantity higher than that of 80's protest songs. Your mileage may vary.

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