The woman-who has only been identified by her surname, Wang-was having a meal with friends at a hotpot restaurant in Kunming, a city in southwest China.
When everyone's selections arrived at the table, she posted a photo of the spread on the Chinese social media platform WeChat.
What she didn't notice was that she'd included the QR code on her table, which the restaurant's customers use to place their orders.
Even though the photo was only shared with her WeChat friends list and not the entire social network, someone-or a lot of someones-used that QR code to add a ridiculous amount of food to her order.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
This Cyber News was published on www.schneier.com. Publication date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:43:05 +0000