Millions of connected devices have security flaws, study shows
13 Apr, 2021 08:19 PM
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Experts say it s only a matter of time until hackers pounce on weaknesses. Photo / Getty Images
Experts say it s only a matter of time until hackers pounce on weaknesses. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
By: Hannah Murphy
Millions of internet of things devices using software from groups including Siemens and Microsoft contain security flaws that could be used to compromise government servers or hospitals, new research has found. Cybersecurity company Forescout and JSOF on Tuesday said they uncovered nine different bugs in several popular software tools that are used within millions of consumer, business and industrial devices to help them connect to the internet.
Surveillance Camera Hack Exposes Hospitals, Businesses, Schools By Matt O Brien, AP Technology Writer and Frank Bajak, The Associated Pres | March 15, 2021
Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup.
That California startup, Verkada, said it is investigating the scope of the breach, first reported by Bloomberg News, and has notified law enforcement and its customers.
Swiss hacker Tillie Kottmann, a member of the group that calls itself APT-69420 Arson Cats, described it in an online chat with The Associated Press as a small collective of “primarily queer hackers, not backed by any nations or capital but instead backed by the desire for fun, being gay and a better world.”
Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup. That California startup, Verkada, said Wednesday it is investigating the scope of the breach, first reported by Bloomberg News, and…
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