You may appreciate this story also, somewhat relatable.

Man accidentally gains control of 7000 robot vacuums.

https://x.com/markgadala/status/2026078762862006747

Live camera streams in thousands of homes, access to detailed mapped out floorplans, and all with the help of an AI that cracked something easily that the company who made them was almost certainly exploiting and on-selling to state actors, incidentally.

I actually listened to a great deal of this. And this is the reason I won't do my banking on the internet. Every time I am told "it's secure," I respond "right" with a high degree of sarcasm in my delivery.

Thanks for posting this.

It goes to show how the key is not code itself, but trust by humans.

Trust is a beautiful thing. And it was weaponized, destroyed, in order to gain access to money and data, leverage.

Of course, the suspicion falls upon Russia. .. because .... not working on Christmas but working on Chinese New Year is a unadulterated sign of it not actually being an East Asian operation. And it certainly is not an Israeli operation .. right? I mean, they are known to actually never do such a thing, right?

So, while the story is captivating and very instructive, the capstone here is to a enforce a narrative of Russia Russia Russia.