No, hackers did not imprison the guests of a modern hotel.But yes, they can do it at any time

Christopher Moore, born in 1957, said that "magic is simply a science that we do not yet understand".The statement of this American satirist, which can be tried to extend to any paranormal phenomena, over the years we understand better and better.

Even the monster from under the bed and the haunted room can be easily rationalized.

Children afraid of monsters from under the bed or from the wardrobe and complaining to their parents for the presence of strangers in their room after dark is the subject as old as the world.Today, however, some parents should think twice before they underestimate their child's complaints.Who knows - maybe he doesn't make it at all?Nobody says, of course, that someone (or something) is actually in this room, but it is enough to break the digital nanny security to scare the toddler, and as a result, parents.

Yesterday in social media I was felt by another story that looked terrifying, comical and...even likely.It concerned a hotel that fell victim to ransomware.The attackers were to block electronic locks in the door of the rooms occupied by guests and demand a ransom of EUR 1500 for unlocking.A guest not found with new technologies, whose door would suddenly close, he could think that it was ghosts.

The story turned out to be almost entirely sucked out of the finger, but this scenario is not so unbelievable.

It quickly turned out that hotel guests were not kept against their will.The burglary took place, but the ransomware went only to the computer dealing with the coding of the new cards-clicks.The attackers did not have, according to the assurances of hotel representatives, access to electronically controlled castles, and anyway, a mechanism had to be installed in the door.

This is still a big problem for employees, but it doesn't work as much as hostages as hostages for the ransom.What was agreed in this story is the name of the hotel, mention of the ransomware attack and information about the resignation by the hotel from electronic cards.Instead, his managers decided to return to some old -fashioned and easy -to -lose keys.

The fact that one hotel will change electronic cards to classic keys will not be chased by Poltergeist XXI.age.

It is not difficult to imagine that there will be more such situations in the future.So far, the tram on its own has not been run by a hacker, but who knows what awaits us?The pursuit of the Internet of Things, Smart Home and Smart City exposes us to cyber attacks with an unimaginable translation of the real world a few years ago.

Probably not one person will kill the heart when the window in her hotel room begins to open by itself, the thermostat will block the temperature, the door will be, and someone else's voice will come from the loudspeaker.A clever hacker will be able to pretend to be very reliably pretending to be a person who is not familiar with technological innovations.

What awaits us was shown in a crooked mirror in one of the video games.

One of the first missions in the Watch Dogs 2 video game, in which the player plays the young hacker-active hacker is hacking into the Smart Home system.The purpose of the mission is to frighten the person in the room.We also watched similar scenes in the MR series.Robot when Smart Home turned against the owner.

Jasne, Watch Dogs 2 only shows us the exaggerated vision of the near future, in which the whole city is connected to the network.The player can use the vulnerability in the security of the equipment to hack the whole surroundings.Mr.The robot also talks about a group of hackers doing unrelated things.

When will these visions become a reality?

Even half a century ago, no one would have thought that from behind your desk you would be able to rob a half world from life savings.Such things happen on a larger or smaller scale today.The Hotel Prisoner Hotel turned out to be an ideal example of Fake News, but soon we will probably see similar reports describing real events.

At the end of last year, Botnet using devices from the Internet of Things category "almost broke the internet", leading to breaks in the supply of many online services.Hacking houses and cars?It is already happening.Theoretical examples can be multiplied and afraid of real attacks.

What can we do ourselves?In fact...few.It remains to be hoped that programmers and engineers dealing with the security of IT systems will apply to their work.If you don't want.Already, poor security in the hotel was the cause of losses counted in thousands of euros, and subsequent attacks meant that its managers decided...ransom.

However, it would be better to prevent than to react.However, who knows, maybe giving up technology where it is not necessary, she is not so stupid?