Two security researchers reveal at Black Hat how easy it is to hack a drive-thru car wash

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Who would have thought five years ago that car washes could be Internet connected or that the simple act of going to a car wash could possibly be a life-threatening activity?

Portnox’s CEO and Co-Founder Ofer Amitai explains why it has never been more important to achieve full visibility, control and awareness of IoT devices, along with the ability to analyze their operating systems and the areas of the network they access, referring in the article to the recent research at the Black Hat conference by two security researchers who claim how easy it is to hack a widely used car wash machine.

Published in Internet of Things Institute.

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