Regardless of the reason, deliberate targetting, accidental "drive by DDoS" or bad configuration, the question that remains is "Why is the heating dependent on being online?"
It is completely reasonable if the heat system every so often "phones home", so report on usage, but it shouldn't actually stop working, if the network connection isn't available.
You can blame, DDoS, hackers, network outages, the Russians, I don't care, it doesn't cover up the fact that your system has a stupid design.
It is completely reasonable if the heat system every so often "phones home", so report on usage, but it shouldn't actually stop working, if the network connection isn't available.
You can blame, DDoS, hackers, network outages, the Russians, I don't care, it doesn't cover up the fact that your system has a stupid design.