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CEO of Darktrace gave an anecdote about how hackers could use Internet of Things (IoT) devices to get information:

Eagan gave one memorable anecdote about a case Darktrace worked on in which a casino was hacked via a thermometer in an aquarium in the lobby.

“The attackers used that to get a foothold in the network,” she said. “They then found the high-roller database and then pulled that back across the network, out the thermostat and up to the cloud.”