The British government is stepping up its gear to protect smart devices in the state. Companies that do not comply will be fined millions of pounds
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How many times have you bought a smart product and when you came in the process of pairing it with another device like phone, TV or car, for example, you came to know that its password is 0000 or 1234? The UK thinks the answer is much more – and plans to fight the problem with a new law.
Millions of pounds fine
The British government is promoting a new law called the “Product Infrastructure and Communications Infrastructure Act”, which aims to promote stricter information security norms on behalf of manufacturers of smart products for the general public, whether it is smartphones, smart TVs, IoT be the product. , tablet and more.
The new law is supposed to prevent manufacturers of these smart products from using very basic slogans that aren’t stupid by default in their products. This is a situation that really puts all users at risk, given the fact that most of these passwords are often posted online and exposed to everyone. These passwords allow anyone, without much sophistication or knowledge, to gain access to a variety of devices—an approach that may eventually provide a break-in point for the home network and other devices in it as well.
In addition, the law would require manufacturers to meet safety standards set by the UK’s Office of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The standards will also have a reporting obligation, requiring companies to report security vulnerabilities found in their products to importers, distributors, the British government and users.
in the message published The official website of the British government said a new regulatory body would be set up to benefit its enforcement that would serve its full purpose, and would be capable of fines of up to £10 million, or up to 4%. of their total revenue (international, not just UK) – on unregulated companies that did not address their security threats. Every day’s delay in treatment – beyond the date assigned to them by the new body – would cost the companies around £20,000.
Announcing the legislation’s promotion, Julia Lopez, the Minister of Digital Infrastructure and a British MP, said that “the law would put a firewall against all everyday tech products from smart phones and thermostats to smart dishwashers, baby monitors and smart doorbells – and all will result in higher fines for those who do not meet the new safety standard.”
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