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Appreciation post: My friend's smart fridge got hacked because of a default login
My friend in Austin texted me last week that his new smart fridge was blasting music at 3 AM. We checked the logs and found it was still using the factory default username and password. He never changed it when he set it up six months ago. I see so many people skip this basic step with new gadgets. Has anyone else had a weird thing happen because a device wasn't secured?
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annaw735d ago
Honestly that sounds more annoying than dangerous. It's a fridge playing music, not someone draining your bank account. Most of these "hacks" are just kids or bored people messing with open devices they find online. I'd be more worried about my laptop or phone getting hit. Changing the default login is smart, but let's not act like a hacked fridge is a security crisis.
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lunaf675d ago
Nah, that's a scary way to think. A compromised device on your network is a foothold, period. It's not about the fridge itself, it's about the door it opens to everything else.
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lee_reed5d ago
Seriously, it's a real problem! That fridge is on your home network, so it can be a backdoor to your actual important stuff. Changing the default password is the bare minimum you should do.
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