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		icebraining on June 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Teenager's IoT worm is bricking thousands of dev... According to the article, it just needs a firmware reflash, so I don't see why a manufacturer couldn't repair it and return it to the customer.

cameronbrown on June 26, 2019 [–]

Money - not to mention these devices will just get re-bricked. They have to fix the fundamental problem first.

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