In recent news, Google’s Chromecast device and technology has been hacked, dubbed “CastHack”, resulting in tens of thousands of users being exposed. The attackers managed to hijack Chromecasts’ feeds and display a pop-up, spreading a security warning as well as controversial YouTube star PewDiePie propaganda. PewDiePie is a popular commentator who boasts the largest number of Youtube subscribers.
Although there are no obvious ties between the hackers and PewDiePie, the attackers are actively promoting his page. The hackers even went ahead and created a website with a live tracker that displays the amount of users who are being exposed. CastHack can be used to collect different kinds of victim’s data. For instance, Chromecast devices, Google Home that is connected to Wi-Fi, bluetooth paired devices, and most concerning, remotely forced attacks that affect devices into playing media of their choice, rename devices, force factory reset or reboot the device, force it to forget all WiFi networks, or force the affected device to pair with new networks.
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