Poorly secured IoT devices were largely to blame for last month's massive internet outage. Now, the makers of devices that broadcast using Z-Wave are shoring up their defenses.
by Ry Crist November 17, 2016
Less than a month ago, hackers took control of an ocean of unsecured connected home devices, then essentially crashed the entire internet by using them to flood the web's largest internet management company with bogus traffic. Now, the makers of smart gadgets that communicate using Z-Wave are ratcheting up their security standards to help reassure consumers that their products don't come with glaring vulnerabilities.
"No one can afford to sit on their hands and wait," says Mitchell Klein, executive director of the Z-Wave Alliance. "Consumers deserve IoT devices in their home to have the strongest levels of security possible. IoT smart home technologies that don't act will be left behind."
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This is all very well & true...but if this company are the only ones with this view there will not be much of an impact. :(
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