First thought: I wonder if Boeing uses these things.
Second thought: What ever happened to trusting that your employees could manage a torque wrench? And even if you don't trust them, why the hell would these things be put on a network that had Internet exposure?
I guess it looked cool at the trade show.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/network-connected-wrenches-used-in-factories-can-be-hacked-for-sabotage-or-ransomware/
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