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Coffee Machine Hit By Ransomware Attack—Yes, You Read That Right - dhruv2193 - 28 September 20
Quote:My office is full of gadgets and gizmos, as you might expect of a technology journalist. Among them, one stands proud of all others when it comes to my productivity: the coffee machine.Source(full read)- https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/09/27/hacker-takes-coffee-machine-hostage-in-surreal-ransomware-attack/#6f42db9d77f0
Perhaps that is why I have opted for an old-fashioned, dumb, and disconnected device to brew my morning expresso. As security researchers from Avast discovered, smart coffee machines can not only be hacked but can be hacked with ransomware.