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posted by mrpg on Monday April 16 2018, @07:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the 1/38 dept.

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[....] Nicole Eagan, CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, revealed Thursday that a casino fell victim to hackers thanks to a smart thermometer it was using to monitor the water of an aquarium they had installed in the lobby, Business Insider reported. The hackers managed to find and steal information from the casino's high-roller database through the thermometer.

"The attackers used that to get a foothold in the network," Eagan said at a Wall Street Journal panel. "They then found the high-roller database and then pulled that back across the network, out the thermostat, and up to the cloud."

That database may have included information about some of the unnamed casino's biggest spenders along with other private details, and hackers got a hold of it thanks to the internet of things.

Source: Hackers exploit casino's smart thermometer to steal database info


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Monday April 16 2018, @09:09PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday April 16 2018, @09:09PM (#667796)

    I really dislike how sites (not just Mashable, many of them) will present a story like this without one of the most basic reporter's topics to cover: when.

    Nicole Eagan, CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, revealed Thursday that a casino fell victim to hackers thanks to a smart thermometer it was using to monitor the water of an aquarium they had installed in the lobby

    What Thursday?!? Blogger Kellen Beck posted this one day ago, but the Washington Post reported a fishily similar story in July of last year: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/07/21/how-a-fish-tank-helped-hack-a-casino/?utm_term=.fea0902af3c1 [washingtonpost.com]

    I'm not usually one to complain about "old news" on Soylent or other meta-sites. It's fine that the news is old, just don't try to make it look fresher by omitting the date of the original story.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bobs on Monday April 16 2018, @09:19PM

    by Bobs (1462) on Monday April 16 2018, @09:19PM (#667802)

    Thanks, Joe.

    I came here to post the same link as this was originally reported last year.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 16 2018, @09:27PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 16 2018, @09:27PM (#667805) Journal

    But, Joe, this is the internet. We can discuss anything, anywhen. We're more badass than Dr. Who! We don't even need that telephone booth contraption!

    Alright, more seriously: It isn't just reporters. You can browse all over the internet, finding pages with no apparent time stamp. Linux support sites often leave you in the dark about the age of the advice you are reading. Sometimes, I have to resort to a Google search with customized date ranges to target meaningful information. Oftentimes, the age of the data I'm looking for isn't really important. Guns? The data from 30 years ago is just about as applicable now as it was then. Just allow for the fact that the new generation has different preferences, and you're good. But, computer tech changes so fast that a three year old solution just might bork your machine!

    A prominent time stamp should be the standard on all web pages. Doesn't matter if it's a women's parlor to discuss makeup, automotive talk, or, in this case, news headlines.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday April 16 2018, @09:56PM (1 child)

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday April 16 2018, @09:56PM (#667820) Journal

      I deactivated that story you submitted from 6 YEARS AGO that was about to run 26 minutes ago.

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      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 17 2018, @01:09AM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday April 17 2018, @01:09AM (#667878) Journal

        I did your mom last night...does this count anywhere?

        :)

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