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I studied the photo to see if I could spot the Internet-connected thermometer, and then finally noticed that the caption said "Ethan Miller/Getty Images", and o
by mysterypie 9y ago
I studied the photo to see if I could spot the Internet-connected thermometer, and then finally noticed that the caption said "Ethan Miller/Getty Images", and only after that saw that it also said, "An aquarium at a casino — not the one in question."
Forbes who wrote an earlier story did the same thing, but with a Shutterstock photo[1]. At least the original source of the story (the cyber defense company) used an illustration so it was obvious that it wasn't the real thing[2].
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals-hacked-a-fish-tank-to-steal-data-from-a-casino/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals...
[2] https://www.darktrace.com/resources/wp-global-threat-report-2017.pdf https://www.darktrace.com/resources/wp-global-threat-report-... (see page 8)