‘Chain reaction’: Smart appliances vulnerable to remote hacking

‘International researchers have demonstrated how simple it is to hack into internet-connected appliances, often called the ‘Internet of Things.’ As connected devices proliferate around the world, so does the risk of hacking attacks and disruptions.
Last month’s massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack crashed or slowed down scores of major internet providers and services across the US. No information was compromised, but the disruption affected popular services such as Twitter and Spotify. The hacking group that claimed responsibility says it was a demonstration of vulnerability.
A new paper from cyber-security researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science and Canada’s Dalhousie University shows that malicious hackers could cause a “nuclear chain reaction” by hacking into ‘smart’ lightbulbs or other popular IoT household devices.’

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