The UK bans default guessable usernames and passwords for some IoT devices, to help avoid a situation like the 2016 Mirai botnet, the first country to do so (Alexander Martin/The Record)

Alexander Martin / The Record:

The UK bans default guessable usernames and passwords for some IoT devices, to help avoid a situation like the 2016 Mirai botnet, the first country to do so  —  Seven years ago, a cyberattack left many of the most popular websites based in the United States inaccessible.

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