Welcome to the Internet of Things (that are going to fuck you up)

[rmd]

The details aren't on the official site yet, but CVE-2015-2247 will be the very first CVE assigned to ... a skateboard. Here's a Register article about the exploit.

Welcome to the future.

Comments

[drwex]

There's a reason I don't have a Nest, nor am I likely to turn over my household infrastructure to any sort of first-generation IoT device. But I'm cranky and out of touch with the future, clearly.

[muffyjo]

I'm glad they kept it in perspective:
"You could realistically use this as a means to target someone, but you could also just hit them with a car," Ryan said.

Man, I love Aussies.

Hmm...I should make sure that makes it to our Vulns list.