Imagine a networked embedded system attached to your air conditioning system. This system permits the power company to raise the thermostat, or cycle the system on and off, when energy demands are high. If every household had such a device, what might be the ramifications of a cyber-attack?

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Imagine a networked embedded system attached to your air conditioning system. This system permits the power company to raise the thermostat, or cycle the system on and off, when energy demands are high. If every household had such a device, what might be the ramifications of a cyber-attack?

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Ramifications of a cyber-attack:

  • A number of benefits and comforts will be provided when living in a smart home.
  • Various technologies such as IOT, and network embedded systems will be available to make the devices smart, which include automatic device control and sensor technology.
  • The aim is to make life more convenient and easier, to save energy and so on. But certain risk factors in terms of security and privacy are introduced along with it.
  • The devices which use network embedded systems are directly attacked by hackers due to the lack of protection.
  • Attackers can easily obtain the sensitive information about the user, which is used to launch various attacks.
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