Philip K Dick saw the future when he wrote Ubik in ’69, a place in which artificially intelligent infrastructure took control. Today we are building the Internet of Things, and the recent massive DDoS attack in which DVRs and connected cameras made by Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology were subverted to create a giant attack on the Internet is not an exception, but a warning of what to expect.
Warning signs
Two years ago I warned you this could happen. I cited an HP Fortify survey that warned around 70 percent of connected devices were vulnerable to attack.
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Source: COMPUTER WORLD