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January 28, 2019 02:51 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/rXFAw-EJFJA/japanese-government-plans-to-hack-into-citizens-iot-devices
Japanese Government Plans To Hack Into Citizens' IoT Devices
An anonymous reader writes: The Japanese government approved a law amendment on Friday that will allow government workers to hack into people's Internet of Things devices as part of an unprecedented survey of insecure IoT devices. The survey will be carried out by employees of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) under the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. NICT employees will be allowed to use default passwords and password dictionaries to attempt to log into Japanese consumers' IoT devices. The plan is to compile a list of insecure devices that use default and easy-to-guess passwords and pass it on to authorities and the relevant internet service providers, so they can take measures to alert consumers and secure the devices. The survey is scheduled to kick off next month, when authorities plan to test the password security of over 200 million IoT devices, beginning with routers and web cameras. Devices in people's homes and on enterprise networks will be tested alikeRead more of this story at Slashdot.
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