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UK becomes first country to ban default bad passwords on IoT devices
Britain now has IoT hardware standards that ban weak or easily guessable default passwords such as “admin” or “12345." Manufacturers are also required to publish contact details so users can report bugs.
It turned out to be extremely unsophisticated, just a distributed-denial-of-service attack targeting Dyn, a company which provided Domain Name System (DNS) services — a critical part of the internet’s communications structure. In one often-cited case described by cybersecurity company Darktrace, hackers were allegedly able to steal data from a casino’s otherwise well-protected computer network after breaking in through an internet-connected temperature sensor in a fish tank. Viscount Camrose, one of the British legislature’s hereditary peers, who was appointed minister for cyber by the government, said: “As every-day life becomes increasingly dependent on connected devices, the threats generated by the internet multiply and become even greater.
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