Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/csc-serviceworks-free-laundry-million-machines/

A pair of university students say they found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world.

Months later, the vulnerability remains open after CSC ServiceWorks repeatedly ignored requests to fix the flaw.

UC Santa Cruz students Alexander Sherbrooke and Iakov Taranenko told TechCrunch that the vulnerability they discovered allows anyone to remotely send commands to laundry machines run by CSC and operate laundry cycles for free.

EXCLUSIVE: Two students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

Laundry services giant CSC ServiceWorks ignored requests to fix a security bug.

techcrunch.com

 

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Great story and post, maybe we should rethink connecting simple equipment to the internet