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In further proof that security's only as strong as the weakest link, an Internet-connected fish tank has been used to gain access to a casino's internal network. While exact details have not been published, it has been claimed that 10 GB of data were sent outside the network. As more things become Internet-connected, it's likely these stories will become even more common.
Hackers are constantly looking for new ways to access people's data. Most recently, the way was as simple as a fish tank.
The hackers attempted to acquire data from a North American casino by using an Internet-connected fish tank, according to a report released Thursday by cybersecurity firm Darktrace.
The fish tank had sensors connected to a PC that regulated the temperature, food and cleanliness of the tank.
"Somebody got into the fish tank and used it to move around into other areas (of the network) and sent out data," said Justin Fier, Darktrace's director of cyber intelligence.
The casino's name and the type of data stolen were not disclosed in the report for security reasons, Darktrace said. The report said 10 GB of data were sent out to a device in Finland.
"This one is the most entertaining and clever thinking by hackers I've seen," said Hemu Nigam, a former federal prosecutor for computer crimes and current chief executive of SSP Blue, a cybersecurity company.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Wednesday August 16 2017, @08:56PM
This is not a story about a fish tank. Fish were not hacked. This is not a story about IoT either. It is an ordinary and all too common story about a Windows PC dedicated to some task and then being allowed to be connected to a secure network without somebody realizing that it IS A WINDOWS PC. Worse it is a Windows PC that isn't part of the normal network, not being centrally updated or maintained, etc. Dumb, but all too common.