IoT devices pose major risk to personal data

Dan Worth
Dan Worth
clock 13 May 2016 •
Internet of Things devices will attract a lot of interest from hackers
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Internet of Things devices will attract a lot of interest from hackers

Harsh Sinha, vice president of engineering at TransferWise, says IoT devices will be prime targets for hackers

Internet of Things (IoT) devices that contain personal information will be highly attractive to hackers, warned Harsh Sinha, vice president of engineering at TransferWise, speaking at the Computing Internet...

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