HACK A BANK BETTING DATABASE … THROUGH AN AQUARIUS!

Thanks to an event about cybercriminals held this past week in London, we have known to what extent hackers take advantage of the minimum possibility to access information of potential interest. In this case, the team of “Ocean’s Eleven” was behind a database of gambling players and to get it they got it through an aquarium of a casino that has not been given the name. More specifically through a digital thermometer that controlled the water temperature. A fact that makes us seriously consider to what extent we are exposed in the network, however much we believe that we are protected.

We have to think that not only computers, mobiles or televisions that we have at home are connected to the Internet. More and more appliances or devices in the house are connected in some way to the wireless network and we do not think about them when it comes to protecting our most precious files. Thinking that some hackers can get access to our bank accounts through our air conditioning seems crazy, but nothing more out of the ordinary.

It is possible that it will happen and, in fact, Israeli investigators have found small “unprotected doors” in our homes that may be giving very juicy information to thieves. For example, did you know that you could get into the camera system used by your robot vacuum cleaner to know what your home is like? His movements and the nooks and crannies through which he moves could give some possible thieves an exact distribution of each of your rooms.

It’s scary, right? But with a technology increasingly adapted to the Internet, it seems necessary to regulate this type of device and draw more attention to users that it is necessary to be alert. Feeling safe in your own home is a priority, but we do not want our home to turn against us, so do not trust cheap technology, because if you bet on it you may be unknowingly giving your house keys to a unknown.

Source: Business Insider