Keurig Smart Brewer Reportedly Sent 1TB of Data in 10 Days
An IT professional says his parents' Keurig K-Supreme SMART saturated a Wi-Fi access point with roughly 97GB of daily traffic before he isolated it in a VLAN.
An IT professional reported on X that his parents' Keurig K-Supreme SMART coffee maker uploaded about 1TB of data over their Wi-Fi in 10 days, according to tomshardware.com. The traffic saturated an access point on its own, he said.
The user said the reported traffic averaged about 9 Mbps upstream, roughly 97GB a day. Most of the traffic did not leave the home network, and no packet capture was made, he added.
The affected model is the Keurig K-Supreme SMART with BrewID. The device was reportedly disconnected the evening of Oct. 5.
Rebooting the device and placing it in a segregated VLAN temporarily solved the issue, according to the report. The user recommended that Keurig fix a potential flaw in the device's network stack.
In 2022, The Boston Globe reported that Keurig shared brewing data with brands selling K-Cups, with plans for more personalized marketing.
Quick answers
Which Keurig model was reported to send 1TB of data?
The Keurig K-Supreme SMART with BrewID, according to an IT professional's report on X.
How much data did the Keurig reportedly send per day?
The report said the traffic averaged about 9 Mbps upstream, roughly 97GB a day, totaling about 1TB over 10 days.
How was the Keurig data issue resolved?
The user said rebooting the device and placing it in a segregated VLAN temporarily solved the problem.