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Refrigerator Caught Sending Spam Emails

An Internet-enabled refrigerator was identified as the source of a major email spam attack. The attack is considered the first spam attack stemming from a device associated with the "Internet of Things," a phrase used to described Internet-enabled appliances. The refrigerator was one of many botnets that sent about 750,000 malicious emails between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6.

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