My whole house felt like an ice box
Our wifi thermostat was hacked and I didn’t know about it for a long time. I always heard that wifi thermostats and smart thermostats were super secure, so when my thermostat was doing random things on its own, the thought that it might have been hacked never even crossed my mind. It first started one summer day when I got home from work. I entered my house and it felt like I was standing in a furnace. I was really disappointed because I was looking forward to walking into a cool, air conditioned home. I went to my wifi thermostat and it said that indeed the furnace was on! I turned off the gas furnace and turned on my central a/c unit. It wasn’t long before my house was once again a comfortable temperature. This happened again the next morning. In the evening before I go to bed, I always go to my wifi thermostat and turn off the air conditioner and turn on the programmable thermostat setting which is connected to both my furnace and my central air conditioner. This thermostat will keep my house at a good temperature all night. Very early the next morning, I woke up to an ice cold house. I was at least hoping that when I crawled out of bed my feet would hit the warm heated flooring, but that was not the case. My whole house felt like an ice box. I called my HVAC provider and soon enough I found out that my wifi thermostat had been hacked by a person who didn’t like me.