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New Bill Seeks Basic IoT Security Standards

August 1, 2017 admin Aaron Swartz, Berklett Cybersecurity Project, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, CDT, Center for Democracy & Technology, CFAA abuse, computer fraud and abuse act, Cory Gardner, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Harvard University, IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, IoT devices, Mark Warner, Mozilla, Other, Ron Wyden, Steve Daines

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:32:47 +0000

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s purchase and use of a broad range of Internet-connected devices, including computers, routers and security cameras. The legislation, which also seeks to remedy some widely-perceived shortcomings in existing cybercrime law, was developed in direct response to a series of massive cyber attacks in 2016 that were fueled for the most part by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.