Bad analogy, ever heard of Termites? Routers/UPS/nodes/fire-suppress/IR-sensors etc all have Software, Firmware and a ~network, ransomware would be a nonsense

Bad analogy, ever heard of Termites? Routers/UPS/nodes/fire-suppress/IR-sensors etc all have Software, Firmware and a ~network, ransomware would be a nonsense attack, but a worm/virus/malware could be in the realm of reality to partially shutdown or even damage a data-center.