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Why bother though, the number of machines you can hack is very limited.


These decides have their performance and internet connection uplink listed, which make for very interesting targets. Yes, a hundred shitty smart scales are a nice target, but they're underpowered for more involved attacks.

With a fiber uplink, a decent CPU and plenty of disk space advertised, this service can be very attractive, especially since you only need to pay for a minute to escape the boundaries of the container runtime if there's an exploit.

Also, it doesn't matter that there's only a few computers if you're using other people's computers to break the law.


The threat is using your IP address to do illegal stuff (read: serve/proxy CSAM).




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