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Monday, February 16, 2015

Your "smart" home devices can easily be hacked

The "smart" home may not be quite as clever as you think.

With the arrival of the so-called Internet of things -- where household items such as thermostats and washing machines and webcams are connected to the global network -- security problems may also be on the rise. A study from security research company Synack found that commonly connected products opened up a host of safety issues. One of the firm's analysts noted it took him only 20 minutes to break into a range of devices, according to GigaOm.

The study comes amid heightened concern about hackers and the vulnerability of everything from credit cards to automobiles. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) issued a report this month warning about the dangers of hacking attacks against vehicles. In the Synack study, the only device that didn't have a major security flaw was a Kidde smoke detector, which wasn't actually connected to the Internet.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Even back in the 80's movies were being made about this.It was futuristic entertainment then,reality now.

Anonymous said...

No it was traditional Hollywood pre programing mind control agenda

Anonymous said...

8:46-By that do you mean that Hollywood foresaw this happening 30 years ago? If my interpretation is correct,Orwell predicted it many years ago.