Your Toaster Was Hacked And You Don’t Know It

It looks like a scene out of the 1983 movie, WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick. Computers on a nuclear scale attacking another country’s computers (see insert), as well within their own boarders.  If you think that this is too far fetching a thought, then look at your favorite news source (mine is KerbsOnSecurity) on October 21, 2016 or perhaps you were impacted that day while trying to watch a movie on Netflix, send a Tweet, listen to Spotify, find a vacation spot on airbnb, or post to Reddit.  The massive worldwide attacks that caused these sites to crash most likely came from within your own home.