Came here to say exactly this...it's still a click-baity title.
This really has nothing to do with demanding ransom. You could hack a website leaving a message and claim they could "Demand a ransom".
Quite simply this is just the ease of hacking IoT devices which unfortunately is not new and has happened with every industry as it becomes "connected" (cars, homes, etc).
I would have clicked if it said merely "IoT /s/Home Devices /Coffee Makers/ easily hacked" but the "ransom" aspect is purely to heighten the fear, arguably even in the article itself.
This reminds me of the range-rover when they reported on it as if they had taken over a jeep "in-the-wild" where in reality it was a very controlled scenario and arguably much more sophisticated. Even then it wasn't as sensational as this (just my opinion).
This really has nothing to do with demanding ransom. You could hack a website leaving a message and claim they could "Demand a ransom".
Quite simply this is just the ease of hacking IoT devices which unfortunately is not new and has happened with every industry as it becomes "connected" (cars, homes, etc).
I would have clicked if it said merely "IoT /s/Home Devices /Coffee Makers/ easily hacked" but the "ransom" aspect is purely to heighten the fear, arguably even in the article itself.
This reminds me of the range-rover when they reported on it as if they had taken over a jeep "in-the-wild" where in reality it was a very controlled scenario and arguably much more sophisticated. Even then it wasn't as sensational as this (just my opinion).