Hejsan allihopa! Nu är det så att jag har lyckats sätta ett ord på detta fenomen. I mitt febrila sökande på google stötte jag på "Cashhack", vilket innebär att någon tar kontroll över en enhet via antingen en chromecast, bluetooth eller wifi.
Här är en länk-
Hackers hijack thousands of Google Home and Chromecast devices to promote YouTube star PewDiePie
"The #CastHack targets open security ports in the victim's home network that make certain information public. The hackers said their exploit shows them what WiFi network a Chromecast or Google Home device is connected to, which bluetooth devices have been shared, any smart device alarms that are enabled, and more.
This also allows hackers to play media on your device, rename it, perform a factory reset, or force it to pair with other bluetooth or WiFi devices."
Hackers take over Google Chromecast devices as security warning
"The pair of hackers – who refer to themselves as HackerGiraffe and J3ws3r – claim to have gained access to more than 70,000 Chromecast devices, with an estimated 8,000 affected. Google’s Chromecast, which was first released in 2015, allows users to play content streamed online on their televisions.
HackerGiraffe and J3ws3r took advantage of an Internet router setting that makes connected devices such as Chromecasts and Smart TVs publicly viewable online. The pair displayed a message on affected television screens warning users that their Wi-Fi information was at risk and their device had been taken over, while broadcasting unwanted YouTube videos.
The ‘CastHack’ was intended to remind users of security vulnerabilities, HackerGiraffe said, including the leaking of sensitive data and the ability to reset Chromecasts. The hackers asserted that CastHack did not collect or save any information from the affected devices and merely displayed unwanted media and changed the devices names to “Hacked_sub2pewds_#”.
Additionally, the pair of hackers also used CastHack as an opportunity to promote YouTube celebrity PewDiePie, whose channel has more subscribers and views than any other on the platform. PewDiePie is best known for his video-game commentaries. On a web site set up to track the incident (which has since been taken down) the pair said that: “We want to help you and also our favourite YouTubers (mostly PewDiePie). We’re only trying to protect you and inform you of this before someone takes real advantage of it. Imagine the consequences of having access to the information above.”
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