Librarianshipwreck

Wrenches do not need to be connected to the Internet.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/network-connected-wrenches-used-in-factories-can-be-hacked-for-sabotage-or-ransomware/

Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware

Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited with no authentication.

Ars Technica
Jan 9, 2024 at 5:22pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Jan 10, 2024

AH! the Internet Of (Shitty) Things strikes again.

@librarianshipwreck

Show thread𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤Jan 10, 2024
@librarianshipwreck This is manufacturing equipment. Of course any modern factory equipment needs to be controllable by computer. It is also obvious that such things must be placed behind a good firewall. Otherwise, sabotage could be the least of their problems. Competitors could steal their intellectual property.