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Smart appliances, including a refrigerator, used in an IoT-based spam attack

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Jan 20, 2014

A report by Proofpoint Inc., a security-as-a-service provider, has revealed a spam attack that involved so-called Internet of Things, everyday devices that are Internet aware.

You knew it wasn’t going to be long before all those ???smart??? appliances became tools in the hands of hackers.

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