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Why are smart home devices are being hit with millions of attacks?

KingKing Member Posts: 16
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https://www.itproportal.com/news/smart-home-devices-are-being-hit-with-millions-of-attacks/


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  • MarcMarc Moderator, Beta Tester Posts: 1,638
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    More people need to see articles like this.  In so many cases its just a matter of setting a password on the device and not making it too easy to guess.  That would do so much to cut down on attacks.  That and get vendors to enable hard passwords by default on their devices.
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  • VioletChepilVioletChepil London, UKMember Posts: 2,471
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    Great share @King keen to hear your thoughts on it too! 

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