Researchers Demonstrate Internet of Things Hack
This is now fixed due to the heightened need to secure the Internet of Things, as more critical infrastructure joins the network it will become even more important to secure the machine to machine networks.
Security researchers have exposed a security weakness in a Wi-Fi enabled, energy efficient LED light bulb that could allow hackers to expose the configuration of a network that the bulb is connected to.
The flaw affects LED bulbs from manufacturer Lifx. It makes bulbs that can connect to a wireless network and be controlled by a smartphone app.
The architecture, based on the 802.15.4 6LoWPAN wireless mesh network, requires only one bulb to be connected to the Wi-Fi at a time with all other bulbs receiving commands over the mesh network via the master bulb.