Too Long; Didn't Read
A story about a smart coffee machine that was used to contaminate the computer network of a European petrochemical factory with ransomware <a href="https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ics-security/how-a-smart-coffee-machine-infected-a-plc-monitoring-system-with-ransomware/" target="_blank">hit the headlines</a> last year. This incident isn’t one of a kind, though. We are witnessing an increase in hacker attacks involving home appliances, robotic devices, drones and other IoT entities used in cities, enterprises, and offices. A few known examples of things going out of hand include the following: