“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. More than 30 devices had already been sent to retailers in St Petersburg.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337
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