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minnixA to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic

www.tomshardware.com

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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic

www.tomshardware.com

minnixA to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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The owner was puzzled why a clothes washer would need so much data.
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    It’s likely been hacked by someone who guessed the default login details (when was the last time you changed the password on your washing machine), and is being used for malicious purposes such as DDoS attacks.

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      Hooray for IoT! The worst thing to happen to network security since… ever

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        The S in IoT stands for security.

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          There is no S.

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            That’s the joke

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      My LG washer needed a key printed on a label on the door to connect it to the network. However that isn’t to say that once on the network that the network itself wasn’t compromised and the washer found as an easy attack surface.

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      Article states is likely a reporting issue with the router.

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