TIL that someone actually made malware that seems out unsecured IOT devices, infects them, and then BRICKS them:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/brickerbot-the-permanent-denial-of-service-botnet-is-back-with-a-vengeance/

Someone in the comments days that 'tis a pity that this malware isn't an omnipresent threat, rather than being released in bursts, which... I guess kind of illustrates how fucked up the IOT field is.