EPISODE · Dec 27, 2017 · 8 MIN
Hackers Can Rickroll Thousands of Sonos and Bose Speakers Over the Internet
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Perhaps you've been hearing strange sounds in your home—ghostly creaks and moans, random Rick Astley tunes, Alexa commands issued in someone else's voice. If so, you haven't necessarily lost your mind. Instead, if you own one of a few models of internet-connected speaker and you've been careless with your network settings, you might be one of thousands of people whose Sonos or Bose devices have been left wide open to audio hijacking by hackers around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Perhaps you've been hearing strange sounds in your home—ghostly creaks and moans, random Rick Astley tunes, Alexa commands issued in someone else's voice. If so, you haven't necessarily lost your mind. Instead, if you own one of a few models of internet-connected speaker and you've been careless with your network settings, you might be one of thousands of people whose Sonos or Bose devices have been left wide open to audio hijacking by hackers around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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