If you leave something on the internet long enough, person will hack it.
The reality is that many device manufacturers make it far too easy by using default passwords that are widely documented, permitting anyone to log in as “admin” and snoop around. Often, there’s no password at all.
Enter” Shodan Safari ,” a popular part-game, part-expression of catharsis, where hackers tweet and share their worst acquisitions on Shodan, a search engine for exposed machines and databases popular with security researchers. Almost anything that connects to the internet gets rubbed and labelled in Shodan’s immense search engine — including what the machine does and internet ports are open, which helps Shodan understand what the device is. If a particular port is open, it could be a webcam. If certain header comes back, it’s backend might be viewable in the browser.
Think of Shodan Safari as internet dumpster diving.
From cameras to routers, infirmary CT scanners to airport explosive detector units, you’d be amazed — and depressed — at what you can find exposed on the open internet.
Like a toilet, or prized flowerpot plant, or — as we see below — someone’s actual goat.
The reality is that Shodan daunts people — and it is appropriate to. It’s a window into the world of absolute anxiety. It’s not just uncovered machines but databases — storing anything from two-factor codes to your voter evidences, and where you’re going to the gym tonight. But devices take up the bulk of what’s out there. Exposed CCTV cameras, license plate readers, sex playthings, and smart home appliances. If it’s out there and uncovered, it’s probably on Shodan.
If there’s ever a lesson to device manufacturers , not everything has to be connected to the internet.
Here’s some of the worst things we’ve procured even further.( And here’s where to transmit your best notes .)

An office air conditioning controller.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A weather station monitor at an airport in Alabama.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A web-based fiscal system at a co-operative credit bank in India.( Screenshot: Shodan)

For some reason, a beef factory.( Screenshot: Shodan)

An electric music carillon near St. Louis. used only for stimulating religion bell musics.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A bio-gas production and refinery plant in Italy.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A bird. Just a fowl.( Screenshot: Shodan via @Joshbal4)

A brewery in Los Angeles.( Screenshot: Shodan)

The back end of a cinema’s projector structure. Many simply extend Windows.( Screenshot: Shodan via @tacticalmaid)

The engine room of a Dutch fishing craft.( Screenshot: Shodan)

An explosive residue detector at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3.( Screenshot: TechCrunch)

A fish tank water self-control and temperature monitor.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A climate control system for a bloom store in Colorado Springs.( Screenshot: Shodan)

The web interface for a Tesla PowerPack.( Screenshot: Shodan via @xd4rker)

An Instagram auto-follow bot .( Screenshot: Shodan)

A terminal used by a pharmacist.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A controller for video displays and speakers at a Phil’s BBQ restaurant in Texas.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A Kodak Lotem printing press.( Screenshot: Shodan)

Someone’s already hacked lawn sprinkler system. Yes, that’s Rick Astley.( Screenshot: Shodan)

A sulfur dioxide detector.( Screenshot: Shodan)

An internet-connected knee recovery machine.( Screenshot: Shodan)

Somehow, a really old version of Windows XP still in existence.( Screenshot: Shodan)

Someone’s workout machine.( Screenshot: Shodan)