Who knew something fishy can happen with the fish tanks in a casino?
According to a report from a security firm called Darktrace, hackers have managed to gain access to a North American casino via the use of a smart fish tank.
The fish tank was cleverly used as a means of entrance, allowing the trespassers to move laterally throughout the casino's network. They were able to use the tank to trans[...] Read more » Smart fish tank used by hackers to steal data from a casino
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
loooool a fcukin fishtank plugged into the internet, for f**k sakes forget all this internet of things sh1t and you have a few major headaches less an a dollaors more in your wallet. but he if you have too much money and/or want to experience "the future" please move on...
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
I wonder what else we are going to hear soon. Smart fish tank that got hacked. For starters why do you need a "smart" fish tank. What happened to the old ones. They were too dumb? I cant understand that need, to plug everything on the internet...
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
Posts: 6786
It is quite simple: If the humans are no longer smart enough to do their thing, their stuff must step in, and bring some smartness back. So we will see more smart stuff in the future. Of cause this all will be very vulnerable.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13310
Many hackers exist and many make money illegal. Some make few hundreds k others make millions. Of course there are those who do less but all need to go in jail. Is not nice to steal
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
This is just an amazing story and what will these fraudsters think of next. This is like a gadget from a James Bond film and i never thought i would see the day that this sort of thing could happen
Joined: Jan '17
Location: Lithuania
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 1756
Smart fush tank haha, I am yoo old yo understand why this is needed, I had a few fish tanks un my lufe and there us no need to connect it to internet, why maybe fushes want to google some information when they have nothing to do no really I do not need this smart things future
Joined: Mar '14
Location: Japan
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 8946
Wow! The hackers use the fish tank to transmit sensitive data to unknown actor in Finland? Seriously? This is clearly a data exfiltration, and it is more subtle and sophisticated than typical data theft attempts.
no really I do not need this smart things future
