1,200 undergrads hung out to dry after jailbreak attack on laundry machines

Smart laundry machines at the Spinozacampus housing for ~1,250 University of Amsterdam students were tampered with by an unknown attacker who disabled the digital payment systems and allowed free washes; the machines have remained offline since July, forcing students to seek alternative laundry options and creating operational and hygiene concerns. The article frames the incident as an example of growing IoT targeting but includes no technical indicators, attribution, or malware analysis.