Jeremy Galloway, a security researcher, says that the housing market, which between Airbnb and HomeAway alone accounts for more than three million homes, is a “huge attack surface that can’t be ignored any longer.”
A hacker will “always go for the weakest point,” which in any network is usually the router. And it’s no secret that routers are woefully insecure.
Source: Meet the ‘average paperclip threat’: Why Airbnb rentals are the next big attack surface | ZDNet