Russia: Chinese Hidden chips 'launch spam attacks from irons'

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Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks, reports in Russia suggest.


State-owned channel Rossiya 24 even showed footage of a technician opening up an iron included in a batch of Chinese imports to find a "spy chip" with what he called "a little microphone". Its correspondent said the hidden devices were mostly being used to spread viruses, by connecting to any computer within a 200m (656ft) radius which were using unprotected Wi-Fi networks. Other products found to have rogue components reportedly included mobile phones and car dashboard cameras.


The report quoted one customs brokerage professional as saying the hidden chips had been used to infiltrate company networks, sending out spam without administrators' knowledge. News agency Rosbalt reports that while the latest delivery of appliances was rejected by officials, more than 30 devices had already been sent to retailers in St Petersburg.

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... since it's been announced that the government sees spying on us as one of its roles, similar chips are probably implanted by the crown in all electronic devices available in canada ...

 

Russians are desperately poor people living in a sub arctic shithole country they are insanely jealous of everyone especially the Chinese who seem to have so much more of everything-thus the stupidity & paranoia.

 

How could these things be powered?

 

... electrically, using the same power source as the device they're implanted in ...