The fish tank or the CCTV camera still work”. According to him, “It’s probably one area where there’ll likely need to be regulation for minimum security standards because the market isn’t going to correct itself. Hannigan added that the vulnerabilities in IoT devices will become an increasing problem, given how the IoT sector is likely to add many millions of new devices every year.Īs a way to mitigate threats from cyber-criminals, Hannigan suggested that governments should regulate the sector and mandate safety standards.

They were then able to send data to an external device in Finland. He narrated a case of an unnamed bank being hacked because of the low-cost and unsecured CCTV system. Remember that story of the smart fish tank hack in July 2017 Cybercriminals used the connected device, which controlled and regulated temperature, salinity and feeding times (seems innocent, right), to hack into a North American casino’s network. It expands the attack surface and most of this isn’t covered by traditional defenses”Įagan’s account was backed up by Robert Hannigan, the former Director of British cyber-intelligence agency, GCHQ or the Government Communications Headquarters. “There’s a lot of internet of things devices, everything from thermostats, refrigeration systems, HVAC systems, to people who bring in their Alexa devices into the offices. They then found the high-roller database and then pulled that back across the network, out the thermostat, and up to the cloud”. The hack was first reported by ZDNet on Wednesday, which said the stolen information was.

At the 2018 WSJ CEO Council that in London last week, she said, “The attackers used that (thermometer) to get a foothold in the network. The personal information of 10.6 million guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels was hacked last summer.

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