The FBI has issued a public service announcement (PSA) regarding the state of Internet of Things devices, and their current abysmal security measures.
After in the past two months alone we saw security researchers take apart smart devices like
fridges,
baby monitors,
sniper rifles,
electric skateboards,
gas stations, and
smart cars, these incidents have also been noted at the FBI's headquarters.
In a statement which aims to raise awareness and instruct users and enterprises about the dangers of working with IoT-enabled devices, the FBI is preaching caution all the way.
"Deficient security capabilities and difficulties for patching vulnerabilities in these devices, as well as a lack of consumer security awareness, provide cyber actors with opportunities to exploit these devices," says the FBI PSA. "Criminals can use these opportunities to remotely facilitate attacks on other systems, send maliciously and spam e-mails, steal personal information, or interfere with physical safety."
