Hackers Got Into a Casino Through Its Fish Tank

A casino with cameras over every table lost 10 GB of data to a computer in Finland, and it left through a smart fish tank. The casino had even put the tank on its own VPN. It didn't matter: the tank still had "sporadic communications" with company devices, and a rarely used door is still a door. • What Darktrace reported (Global Threat Report 2017, case 6): a connected fish tank on its own VPN, 10 GB sent to a device in Finland, spotted as soon as its system was installed. • Caveat: this is Darktrace's own account. It sells the system that caught the attack, the casino was never named, and nobody outside the company has confirmed the details. • The lesson for your home: smart TVs, doorbells, cameras and plugs are small computers on the same Wi-Fi as your laptop. Change default passwords, keep them updated, and put them on your router's guest network. Full story (11 min): "Hackers Stole a Casino's Data Through Its Fish Tank" on this channel. Sources • Darktrace, Global Threat Report 2017, "Compromised Connected Fish Tank" (case 6). • Boing Boing (April 17, 2018), on Nicole Eagan's retelling: https://boingboing.net/2018/04/17/literal-phishing.html Which device in your house do you think has never been updated? 👇 ⚡ Wiredeep — the tech you use every day, explained in under a minute. 👉 Follow for more! #cybersecurity #smarthome #iot