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   Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 00:14:31 JST Ars Technica

   Network-connected wrenches in factories can be hacked for sabotage or ransomware

   Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited with no authentication.

   https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/network-connected-wrenches-used-in-factories-can-be-hacked-for-sabotage-or-ransomware/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 00:14:30 JST feld

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     @phryk @arstechnica nah actually I could see this being useful if it can record the foot-pounds of torque it set each screw to. I don't think that's what this is for, but I could see that being very useful in a factory setting to have a log of exactly what the result was of each bolt/screw
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     phryk 🏴 (phryk@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 00:14:31 JST phryk 🏴

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     @arstechnica Network-connected… wrenches? IoT is becoming truly too stupid to even satirize… smdh.

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     elsupreme@mastodon.sdf.org's status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 01:27:32 JST ElSupreme

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     They are amazing QA tools. They record the number of bolts driven per assembly per station. They log the exact torque of every bolt. They make sure everything is built as it should be. No loose bolts (737MAX cough cough), no missing bolts.
     And down the road if issues are found the manufacturer can look at logs and see if the spec for torque needs to be adjusted (i.e. the VINs failing are on the high or low side of the spec).

     @arstechnica

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