Hacker Locks Internet-Connected Chas y Cage, Demands Ransom

[ElNono]

Hacker Locks Internet-Connected Chas y Cage, Demands Ransom

A hacker took control of people's internet-connected chas y cages and demanded a ransom to be paid in Bitcoin to unlock it.

From a report:"Your is mine now," the hacker told one of the victims, according to a screenshot of the conversation obtained by a security researcher that goes by the name Smelly and is the founder of vx-underground, a website that collects malware samples. In October of last year, security researchers found that the manufacturer of an Internet of Things chas y cage -- a sex toy that users put around their penis to prevent erections that is used in the BDSM community and can be unlocked remotely -- had left an API exposed, giving malicious hackers a chance to take control of the devices. That's exactly what happened, according to a security researcher who obtained screenshots of conversations between the hacker and several victims, and according to victims interviewed by Motherboard. A victim who asked to be identified only as Robert said that he received a message from a hacker demanding a payment of 0.02 Bitcoin (around $750 today) to unlock the device. He realized his cage was definitely "locked," and he "could not gain access to it."

[Winehole23]

man, I was waiting for just the right moment to drop that on derp

[SpursforSix]

I'm not super tech-savy but there's no way I'd put something on my that was connected to any kind of network.