Re: Spitballing IoT Security

[Jim Hickstein <jxh () jxh com>]

On 10/27/16 22:59, bzs () TheWorld com wrote:
> What would the manufacturers' response be if this virus had instead
> just shut down, possibly in some cases physically damaged the devices
> or otherwise caused them to cease functioning ever again (wiped all
> their software or broke their bootability), rather than just hijacked
> them for a while?

A virus that kills its host (too much of the time) is not successful.