Hackdoku · This really happened
The Aquarium Leak
North America2017
In 2018 the head of the security company Darktrace told how a casino in North America had been hacked this way: through the thermometer in the aquarium in the lobby. The name of the casino was never made public. The characters in this puzzle are made up. The hack is real.
What can you learn?
Anything connected to the internet can be a door for hackers. Even a lamp, a camera, a speaker or a thermometer. Smart devices like these belong on a separate network, away from important computers.
This does not give away who the weak link in the puzzle is: the characters are made up.