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New California Law Aims to Fix the Internet of Broken Things

09.19.18

By Karl Bode
Tech

The Internet of Things Needs Food Safety-Style Ratings for Privacy and Security

08.09.18

By Karl Bode
Tech

Hackers Could Cause Havoc By Pwning Internet-Connected Irrigation Systems

08.08.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Bikeshare System Hacked, Required to ‘Manually Update’ 2,000 Bikes

05.09.18

By Samantha Cole
Tech

A New Internet of Things Botnet Originated on ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Servers

02.15.18

By Mack DeGeurin
Tech

Researchers Find Flaw That Could Turn LG Robot Vacuums Into Perfect Spying Machines

10.26.17

By Lucian Constantin
Tech

Watch a Hacked, Internet-Connected Car Wash Repeatedly Attack a Car

07.28.17

By Kim Zetter
Tech

The US Needs to Get Serious About Securing the Internet of Hackable Things

06.08.17

By Mark Warner
Tech

Mining Bitcoin With Toasters Is the Dumbest Use of the Mirai Botnet

04.11.17

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Hackers Can Easily Hijack This Dildo Camera and Livestream the Inside of Your Vagina (Or Butt)

04.03.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

A Hackable Dishwasher Is Connecting Hospitals to the Internet of Shit

03.27.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

The Internet of Hackable Things You Don’t Own

02.21.17

By Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz

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