Thread: Hackers ‘could take over your dildo and make it go berserk’, expert warns

Hackers target sex toys


Sex toys might not be as cyber-safe as you think. (Jeremy R Jansen)

As more and more devices become connected to the internet, a software firm has warned of cyber thieves' increasing ability to control anything from medical equipment to industrial machinery to sex toys.

In a recent press conference, software firm Trend Micro demonstrated how a large, neon-pink vibrator could be activated remotely by typing out a few lines of code.

Amid sheepish giggles was the demonstrator's sobering message.

"If I hack a vibrator it's just fun," Raimund Genes, Chief Technology Officer at Tokyo-listed Trend Micro, said at the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover.

"But if I can get to the back-end, I can blackmail the manufacturer."

Beyond remotely activating a device, as sex toys get smarter, experts warn hackers could record video, which could be easily accessed.

Joe Bursell from Pen Test partners security services investigated the market last year and discovered "cyberdildonics".

"Apparently 'cyberdildonics' are set to be the next big thing in sex toys, allowing you to share 'sensations' across the internet," he said.

"There is no shortage of products from various manufacturers, and even a social media site where you can get some random who you'll probably never meet to 'drive' your sex toy for you," he explained.

"If an attacker could intercept the devices communications they could portray their victim as monumentally inept in the stimulation department, which would be hilarious and tragic in equal measure."

The firm reviewed toys from Lovense, which can use a video conferencing service.

Speaking to Forbes, the firm said: "There was no apparent encryption during the registration process, meaning anyone snooping on the line could get hold of login information.

"It will clearly be trivial to compromise a user's account and access some quite juicy content, particularly so if the victim is a 'friend' in a shared household using the same wireless access point."

Lovense refuted the claims telling MailOnline that there are three layers of security a hacker would have to get through. "'The server side, the way we transfer information from the user's phone to our server and on the client side,"

"We take our customer's private data very seriously, which is why we don't store any on our servers.

"Having said that, we could do a better job explaining how to responsibly store any recorded sessions, and we plan to do so in the future."

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That's butterfly fcked, then...And a host of felchers...Nay, a plethora...

You know...Yes, you do...

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

That's butterfly fcked, then...And a host of felchers...Nay, a plethora...

You know...Yes, you do...

Why because a German guy can get into their back end?

Could make for some very embarassing bag searches at airports for some ladies.

Originally Posted by Ozcol

Could make for some very embarassing bag searches at airports for some ladies.

I thought that's why they invented vibrating hair brushes

^^ Best keep it in the box, not the bag.

I think the medical devices are a much bigger risk.

Imagine someone pissing about with your pacemaker, or medical pumps, etc.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Imagine someone pissing about with your pacemaker,

Go Ahead, Hackers. Break My Heart | WIRED

Why would a vibrator be connected to Wifi..?

^everything will be connected so data can be collected and advertising can be delivered

they intend it to be low power mesh systems until it tunnels through your router - it will be a bigger disaster than uPnP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwave

I just knew I'd find Baldrick as the biggest contributor to this thread...

Why would a vibrator be connected to Wifi..?

LAN cables are too awkward.

The problem is easily solved.

^ the tin foil butt plug - you genius - you had better patent it quick

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I just knew I'd find Baldrick as the biggest contributor to this thread...

I will always be your "big boy " batty darling

Life doesn't get much better than that; how lucky I am!

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

Why would a vibrator be connected to Wifi..?

LAN cables are too awkward.

Of course.!

Damn. I dont actualy own a dildo. Does that mean i am missing out on the latest wave of technology?


Again.

^ Stoker has some old ones going cheap, well worn in...

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

"But if I can get to the back-end, I can blackmail the manufacturer."

Yes it's the backdoor entry with the 14 inch black mamba that would pose the greatest risk to the novice unsuspecting cyber-consumer.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^ Stoker has some old ones going cheap, well worn in...

Yeah. Uh. Probably going to pass on that one...

Wonder if nature had ever intended for our appendages to appear differently than what they are.....

Perhaps [or not], in a few generations we'll have morphed into something that we wouldn't recognize today.

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Wonder if nature had ever intended for our appendages to appear differently than what they are.....

Perhaps [or not], in a few generations we'll have morphed into something that we wouldn't recognize today.

^ Are you saying thaimeme is talking bollocks?

...take over your dildo and make it go berserk...

Wouldn't that be a good thing? Just asking.