When asked whether the entire Internet of Things — that is, everything from a kid‘s WiFi enabled toy to someone‘s biomedical device — would be a boon for the NSA or just a whole lot of digital noise to sift through, Ledgett replied, „Both.“

„As my job is to penetrate other people‘s networks, complexity is my friend,“ he continued. „The first time you update the software, you introduce vulnerabilities, or variables rather. It‘s a good place to be in a penetration point of view.“