# Hacker Takes Coffee Machine Hostage In Surreal Ransomware Attack

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/hacker-takes-coffee-machine-hostage-in-surreal-ransomware-attack/
- Published: 2020-09-28T10:00:33-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Getty. Article by Davey Winder. My office is full of gadgets and gizmos, as you might expect of a technology journalist. Among them, one stands proud of all others when it comes to my productivity: the coffee machine. Perhaps that is why I have opted for an old-fashioned, dumb, and disconnected device to brew my morning expresso. As security researchers from Avast discovered, smart coffee machines can not only be hacked but can be hacked with ransomware. […] Click here to view original web page at www.forbes.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio