{"id":8130,"date":"2015-09-16T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=8130"},"modified":"2015-09-16T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T13:00:24","slug":"how-to-keep-hackers-from-causing-chaos-at-the-gas-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/16\/how-to-keep-hackers-from-causing-chaos-at-the-gas-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Keep Hackers from Causing Chaos at the Gas Pumps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"defense-large<\/a><\/p>\n

By Aliya Sternstein<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security just issued new warnings about everyday objects that stay connected to an unsecured internet.<\/p>\n

Their public service announcements concern security risks posed by the so-called Internet of Things, or IoT, a situation where everyday objects connect to a\u00a0network.<\/p>\n

Researchers this summer proved that connected items can endanger people driving cars and wearing pacemakers. The Defense Department secretary\u00a0last week\u00a0mentioned the inventors of the Internet have been working on security fixes for\u00a0IoT.<\/p>\n

But until those technologies are rolled out, the FBI<\/span> and DHS<\/span> are offering some\u00a0pointers.<\/p>\n

First, the FBI<\/span> names the following 10 things as examples of IoT\u00a0devices:<\/p>\n

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  1. Automated devices that remotely or automatically adjust lighting or\u00a0HVAC<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Security systems, such as security alarms or Wi-Fi cameras, including video monitors used in nursery and daycare\u00a0settings<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Medical devices, such as wireless heart monitors or insulin\u00a0dispensers<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Thermostats<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Wearables, such as fitness\u00a0devices<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Lighting modules that activate or deactivate\u00a0lights<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Smart appliances, such as smart refrigerators and\u00a0TVs<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Office equipment, such as\u00a0printers<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Entertainment devices to control music or television from a mobile\u00a0device<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Fuel monitoring\u00a0systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read the Remainder at Defense One<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Aliya Sternstein The FBI and Department of Homeland Security just issued new warnings about everyday objects that stay connected to an unsecured internet. Their public service announcements concern security risks posed by the so-called Internet of Things, or IoT, a situation where everyday objects connect to a\u00a0network. Researchers this summer proved that connected items…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2122,2086,1317,65],"tags":[2185,2186,2187,2188],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}