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Comment DDoC or DoC? (I'm a literal kinda guy) (Score 1) 354

Would it be a Distributed Denial of Coffee (DDoC) or just a Denial of Coffee (DoC) attack? Is the vulnerability something that one would actually dedicate zombies to make it a distributed attack?!? That is on serious coffee machine that demands that kind of attention. Of course it could be in the office of a high powered corporate leader of industry or something.
Security

All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us 354

Wolf nipple chips writes "Craig Wright discovered that the Jura F90 Coffee maker, with its honest-to-God Jura Internet Connection Kit, can be taken over by a remote attacker, who can cause the coffee to be weaker or stronger; change the amount of water per cup; or cause the machine to require service (call this one a DDoC). 'Best yet, the software allows a remote attacker to gain access to the Windows XP system it is running on at the level of the user.' An Internet-enabled, remote-controlled coffee-machine and XP backdoor — what more could a hacker ask for?"
Networking

Doctorow Tears Up ISP Contract Over Net Neutrality 322

Burz writes "As a reaction to Virgin Media CEO's promise to violate the concept of net neutrality, Cory Doctorow is declaring his ISP contract void, canceling the service, and calling on other Virgin customers to do the same. He isn't alone. Charlie Stross counts the ways the gang that became Virgin Media is trashing Sir Richard's brand. Myself, I am thinking of stopping my Virgin Mobile service in protest."

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