By Darlene StormAugust 18, 2014 12:53 PM EDT The BBC had seven hackers in the form of penetration testers test out the security of a “smart house” full of “smart” devices connected to the Internet of Things; devices like a net-connected oven, a Blu-ray DVD player, a wireless electrical outlet plug, a baby monitor, an Internet-viewable web cam and Sonos speakers to name but a few. They were all “a security disaster waiting to happen” and the pen testers cracked into all of them and turned the smart home into a “haunted house of hacking horrors.”

For example, after scanning for and finding a wireless baby monitor, they installed a commercial app and then could remotely listen into the house. “We can take control of the Blu-ray player, make the television turn on, flash lights, and play spooky music through the house.” Thanks to security issues in the way a person signs up for a BMW i3 app, they could even steal the car.

 

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