Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Dec. 18, 2019
California’s new internet of things law is a step in the right direction
The new law is the first of its kind and will attempt to establish cybersecurity standards for connected devices where none has existed before.
Ashley Thomas
Associate
Morris, Manning and Martin LLP
Phone: (202) 971-4266
Email: athomas@mmmlaw.com
Ashley is an associate in the firm's cybersecurity and privacy group.
In the Fall of 2016, a large portion of the internet from Netflix to Twitter became inaccessible on the East Coast of the United States. This was a result of a massive denial of service attack that we now know as the Mirai Botnet attack. Over 600,000 internet connected devices were infected, crippling that part of the internet. We learned that this attack was accomplished by hacking the default passwords of regularly used internet of things (IoT) devices such as home ...
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