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September 29, 2018 01:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/v8phSTMY6OQ/california-becomes-first-state-with-an-iot-cybersecurity-law
California Becomes First State With an IoT Cybersecurity Law
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a cybersecurity law covering "smart" devices, making California the first state with such a law. The bill, SB-327, was introduced last year and passed the state senate in late August. Starting on January 1st, 2020, any manufacturer of a device that connects "directly or indirectly" to the internet must equip it with "reasonable" security features, designed to prevent unauthorized access, modification, or information disclosure. If it can be accessed outside a local area network with a password, it needs to either come with a unique password for each device, or force users to set their own password the first time they connect. That means no more generic default credentials for a hacker to guess.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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