You bring up a point of interest to me about the potential for malicious code that would bruteforce private networks to use as a covert channel. In regards to I

You bring up a point of interest to me about the potential for malicious code that would bruteforce private networks to use as a covert channel. In regards to IoT devices, is there any documented cases of this happening in the wild? I could possibly see actors inserting malicious code baked in that would search for public wifi networks in things like a smart TV.