University couldn't figure out why network was slow... turns out it was being attacked by its own vending machines 😬 networkworld.com/article/316…

Feb 12, 2017 · 8:57 PM UTC

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internet of things: bringing disaster to uncomplicated parts of life since 1999.
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@ovid9 Basically, the movie Maximum Overdrive kinda happened IRL.
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at least someone noticed those fishy DNS requests.
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@ChipDowning Douglas Adams, where are you now we need you?
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they knew something was fishy......
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"Seafood-related DNS requests", yeah this is now a thing I suppose
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I am so far managing to keep at least my personal life free of IoT shit. I hope to do that to the end if my life.
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what'll happen when the Skrode maintenance protocols are compromised?
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Just curious if that vending machine also sold Spam???