As a wise man once said, “If you leave the coffee pot low, you fail at life.”
Engineers (who are largely powered by coffee) are forced to ask the question:
“If you can create a shared printer that alerts the admin when it needs to be refilled with toner or paper, why can’t you build a coffee maker that is network-enabled that alerts coffee-starved coders when it needs grounds, filters, or water?”
Well, you can, it’s just that people who design coffee makers are really bad at network security.
How bad?
The software allows a remote attacker to gain access to the Windows XP system it is running on at the level of the user.
As the guys at Security Focus warn us all, that’s just the beginning of the trouble this device can cause:
Fun things you can do with a Jura coffee maker:
- Change the preset coffee settings (make weak or strong coffee)
- Change the amount of water per cup (say 300ml for a short black) and make a puddle
- Break it by engineering settings that are not compatible (and making it require a service)
(Found via Serious Eats.)
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