After St. Petersburg authorities discovered around 30 Chinese imported household appliances including kettles and irons with 'spy microchips' capable of sending data to foreign server, they have issued warnings that potential hackers may send spambot into the device to exploit it.
The allegations made originally by a St. Petersburg news agency, come amid growing debate about the extent to which personal privacy can be compromised for national security.
According to Daily Star, the Chinese kettle allegation has led to talk surrounding the idea that microchips in electrical appliances may be able to send information from people's Wi-Fi networks to Chinese servers.
Soon after whistleblower Edward Snowden released classified data about the US mass surveillance programmes, speculations arose about USB sticks and mobile phone chargers being used to track and infect foreign delegates computers' with spyware.
