Casino high-roller database stolen through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank
What the article doesn't mention: IoT devices are harmful not only because they are vulnerable. They can be used to collect data on users. Every enterprise aims to get as much profit as possible; collecting users' data and selling them later obviously gets you more profit than not collecting.<p>Why would a thermometer need to connect to the Internet in the first place? It is absolutely unnecessary. The software could be installed on a server in a local network or even inside the thermometer itself.<p>I think the reason why these devices require an Internet connection is that vendors just want to lock user to their servers and collect "anonymous statistics" from them.