Research highlights vulnerabilities in connected devices, raising concerns over physical harm, privacy breaches, and data security.

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Evening Standard

London

Greater London

England

United Kingdom

Remote-controlled sex toys ‘vulnerable to attack by malicious third parties’

Cyberattackers could deliberately cause the device to overheat

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

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The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

Remote-controlled sex toys could be hacked to harm users, UK government warns

Remote-controlled sex toys could be 'weaponised' by hackers as they don't use encrypted connections with smart phones, according to a concerning new government report

Daily Mirror

Reach plc

Urgent cyber attack warning as Brits' sex toys 'could be weaponised by hackers'

Remote-controlled sex toys with Bluetooth connectivity could be vulnerable to attack or interception by malicious third parties, according to research commissioned by the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Irish Independent

Mediahuis

Ireland

REMOTE-controlled sex toys could be “weaponised” against users by hackers.Cyber menaces are able to bypass security on devices to alter intensity

The Sun

Murdoch family

Remote-controlled sex toys could be 'weaponised' against users in hack attacks

The combination of sex toys and technologies have multiple vulnerabilities, according to research.

Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

Remote-controlled sex toys with bluetooth connectivity could be vulnerable to attack by malicious third parties, according to new British research.

The West Australian

Kerry Stokes

Australia

Remote-controlled sex toys vulnerable to attacks

PerthNow

City of Perth

Western Australia

Users of the X-rated gadgets could be in a for a rude shock.

7NEWS Australia

Warning over hidden danger in remote-controlled sex toys

Remote controlled sex toys are a new, never-before-seen naughty way of being intimate, which is why for many they are an extremely exciting way to have an intimate relationship. But if unauthorized people can access this communication relationship, it will not be because of sex that the situation will be hot. The problem escalated to such an extent that the British government issued a warning.

A távirányítható szexjátékok a pajkosság egy új, korábban soha nem látott, ezért sokak számára rendkívül izgalmas módját jelentik az intim párkapcsolatnak. De ha illetéktelenek tudnak hozzáférni e kommunikációs kapcsolathoz, akkor nem a szex miatt lesz forró a helyzet. A probléma olyan mértékűvé fokozódott, hogy a brit kormány figyelmeztetést adott ki.

Szexjátékok miatt adtak ki kormányzati figyelmeztetést

Blikk.hu

Government warning issued over sex toys

Remote-controlled sex toys connected with phone apps could be vulnerable to malicious attacks. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) Remote-controlled sex toys with bluetooth connectivity could be vulnerable to attack by malicious third parties, according to new British research. Malicious third parties could target remote-controlled sex toys with bluetooth connectivity, according to research commissioned by the British Department for Science, Innovatio…

UK Government Warns of Cybersecurity Risks in Bluetooth-Enabled Sex Toys

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