March 28, 2024
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FTC official: Recent DDoS attack will prompt Internet of Things enforcement cases
A distributed denial of service attack last month is likely to prompt enforcement actions against the designers and makers of Internet of Things-connected consumer products that were hacked in the incident, according to a senior lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission.
The DDoS attack that temporarily took down a significant portion of the country's access to the internet was “a clear demonstration of substantial harm” that can result from cyber vulnerabilities in IoT products, said Kevin Moriarty, an attorney with...