[LINK] Internet of Malware comes to Miele dishwashers

[Jim Birch]

At least it's better than exploding trousers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_trousers

Low tech.

Jim

On 30 March 2017 at 08:47, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au>
wrote:

> On 29/03/17 10:35, David Lochrin wrote:
>
>  ... dishwasher can apparently be hacked ...
>>
>
> That explains it: last week I put my hand on a glass in a dishwasher,
> there was a "bang" and I found myself holding razor sharp shards of glass.
> Fortunately I was not cut.
>
> A quick web search shows it is not uncommon for tempered glass to shatter
> in this way: https://www.google.com.au/search?&q=heat+tempered+glass+expl
> oded+dishwasher
>
> Perhaps someone hacked in and programming the dishwasher for multiple
> rapid hot and cold cycles, to weaponize the crockery. ;-)
>
>
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