BlackBerry hacks a kettle to demonstrate IoT security strain

By Carly Page, Jul. 21, 2016 – 

BLACKBERRY HACKED a bloody kettle at the firm's Security Summit and offered attendees (PG) tips on how to prevent this happening to them.

BlackBerry is keen to demonstrate the increasing security threat surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) as hackers start to shift from server-level attacks to targeting user end-points, and decided that the best way to demonstrate this was to hack a kettle.

Or a 'tea kettle', as those bloody Americans call it.

This is bad news if you're one of the four people who coughed up 100 Pounds for a kettle that lets you start boiling water from your iPhone, as BlackBerry warned that this makes it easier for hackers to see your location and presumably pop round for a cup of tea.

Campbell Murray, technical director of Blackberry-owned Encription, led the demo, his British accent confirming why a tea-making device had become the centre of attention.

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