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Coffee machine uses 1,000GB of traffic in 10 days, leaves IT Pro shocked (cybernews.com)
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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nomad said that most of the suspicious traffic didn’t escape the network.

Okay so it was just a bug that caused repeat/looping LAN traffic. This is sensationalized.

[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

Bugs like this are a legitimate concern in the age of internet connected coffee pots.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

Most of the traffic....