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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 860410" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Russia: Hidden chips 'launch spam attacks from irons'</strong></span></p><p>Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks, reports in Russia suggest.</p><p></p><p>State-owned channel Rossiya 24 even showed footage of a technician opening up an iron included in a batch of Chinese imports to find a "spy chip" with what he called "a little microphone". Its correspondent said the hidden devices were mostly being used to spread viruses, by connecting to any computer within a 200m (656ft) radius which were using unprotected Wi-Fi networks. Other products found to have rogue components reportedly included mobile phones and car dashboard cameras.</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 860410, member: 186250"] [SIZE=6][B]Russia: Hidden chips 'launch spam attacks from irons'[/B][/SIZE] Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks, reports in Russia suggest. State-owned channel Rossiya 24 even showed footage of a technician opening up an iron included in a batch of Chinese imports to find a "spy chip" with what he called "a little microphone". Its correspondent said the hidden devices were mostly being used to spread viruses, by connecting to any computer within a 200m (656ft) radius which were using unprotected Wi-Fi networks. Other products found to have rogue components reportedly included mobile phones and car dashboard cameras. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337[/url] [/QUOTE]
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