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  • Re: Hackers target French blood banks in latest freezer attacks

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Kurt Weiske on Friday, November 06, 2026 16:35:00
    Mike Powell wrote to All <=-

    Hackers target French blood banks in latest freezer attack
    amid UK warnings

    Makes you wonder why you could set a device designed to keep
    items cool
    to 120 degrees fahrenheit?

    Yeah, that sounds more like a device used for heating to me! I know COVID caused a lot of places to move to having more things controlled remotely but I am starting to question whether or not that was a good long-term idea.

    Mike

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  • From ciscoKid@1:135/220 to Mike Powell on Friday, November 06, 2026 21:40:26
    Yeah I think basically this is teaching the world that having everything connected to the internet is not the best idea. That or simplistic
    security even for IoT devices needs to be heavily updated, the problem
    is if this then just makes the device slow as hell.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to ciscoKid on Saturday, November 07, 2026 08:02:54
    ciscoKid wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    Yeah I think basically this is teaching the world that having
    everything connected to the internet is not the best idea. That or simplistic security even for IoT devices needs to be heavily updated,
    the problem is if this then just makes the device slow as hell.

    A shrewd router manufacturer would include an IoT wireless network with
    client isolation and egress controls.



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