Brits will be protected from hackers exploiting smart TVs and baby cameras under new law...

BRITS will be protected from hackers exploiting baby cameras and fridges under new laws starting today.It means passwords which are too easy to guess – like “password”, “admin” or “12345” – will be banned from use.

Earlier this year Which? research revealed that a home with smart devices could be exposed to more than 12,000 hack efforts in a week, with 2,700 attempts to guess weak default passwords on just five devices.'I'm not a robot' captcha puzzles are getting HARDER - and experts reveal why “These world-leading regulations will see consumers protected by the banning of easily-guessable default passwords like ‘admin’ or ‘12345’, and more transparency from manufacturers around how long products will receive security updates for.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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