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Hackers Exploit Smart Thermometer to Steal Casino Information

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

MrPlow writes:

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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.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 16 2018, @09:14PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 16 2018, @09:14PM (#667798) Journal

    This, exactly. Yet, we, as a nation, insist on hooking everything up to the internet. The hackers are demonstrating that an air gap may or may not be adequate to protect your "smart" devices - yet we don't even make them jump an air gap. Everything connected - why worry? We can pass another law, and it will be alright.

    Hacking and gun control are so very much related. Only criminals will misuse either a gun, or a computer exploit. WTF is another law going to do for us? Criminals are already breaking multiple laws when they either shoot someone, or break into a casino's computers. Yet another law isn't going to deter either type of criminal.

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Monday April 16 2018, @10:52PM (1 child)

    by edIII (791) on Monday April 16 2018, @10:52PM (#667836)

    Yet another law isn't going to deter either type of criminal.

    Depends on the law. We could try, "Bust a deal, face the wheel".

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @08:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @08:16AM (#667964)

      We could try, "Bust a deal, face the wheel".

      Having to play Roulette as punishment? :-)