Im happy they finally stopped the hacker

Im happy they finally stopped the hacker

Nick July 26, 2021

I never thought it was possible, but a scammer, posing as a professional HVAC technician hacked my central AC system. He would plant small devices he built onto the computer system of a central air conditioner or gas furnace and then would be able to control the Heating and Air Conditioning component from miles away! Before long, he had control of over half the heating and cooling units in our big city. The disturbing section was that the devices he planted on air conditioners and gas furnaces were so tiny and wired into the laptop plan of the heating and cooling units, that almost none of the Heating and Air Conditioning professionals in the neighborhood could disaffix the device. There was one heating and cooling company that had a couple Heating and Air Conditioning specialists who were able to destroy the Heating and Air Conditioning devices, but since there was only two of them, progress was slow and the Heating and Air Conditioning hacker was getting more and more air conditioners and gas furnaces under his control every day. What the hacker would do is randomly change the settings on people’s smart thermostats, or he would just turn your central air conditioner on full blast and freeze you in your house. He would also threaten people to leave him things in their front yard that he wanted like jewelry, or sometimes just money. If the person refused, the Heating and Air Conditioning hacker would either turn their gas furnace on full blast or their air conditioner. It took months, but finally, the hacker was caught. All of the Heating and Air Conditioning professionals learned how to disaffix the device from central air conditioners, gas furnaces, and window air conditioners.
a/c worker