Not just crapgadgets: Sony's enterprise CCTV can be easily hacked by IoT worms like Mirai
by Cory Doctorow from on (#248E3)
The unprecedented denial-of-service attacks powered by the Mirai Internet of Things worm have harnessed crappy, no-name CCTVs, PVRs, and routers to launch unstoppable floods of internet noise, but it's not just faceless Chinese businesses that crank out containerloads of vulnerable, defective-by-design gear -- it's also name brands like Sony. (more")