My baby monitor started a cyberattack? IoT industry suffering from security growth pains – Channel NewsAsia
Just this February, an Austrian cybersecurity company SEC Consult warned that the baby monitor Mi-Cam by Hong Kong-based company miSafes has vulnerabilities that would allow hackers to spy on the device including video footage. The device has more than 50,000 users.
These Internet security concerns are increasingly pushing themselves to the surface as more and more devices get connected to the Internet. And many of them are home appliances like fridges, washing machines and, yes, baby monitors that were not traditionally associated with being on the World Wide Web.
For manufacturers, security is a cost, said Mr Frederic Donck, regional bureau director for Europe at Internet Society.