Major IoT security breaches
In this section, we’ll list some of the major security breaches that have occurred in the IoT domain in the recent past:
- Stuxnet: This attack occurred in 2010 when a virus named Stuxnet caused damage to a nuclear centrifuge in Iran. Virus-modified commands were sent to the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and targeted industrial machines running the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) protocol.
- Vehicle hacking: This attack happened in 2015 when two security researchers hacked a jeep and played with the controls by changing radio channels and turning on wipers and air conditioners. This forced the jeep manufacturer to recall 1.4 million vehicles to patch the exploited vulnerability. In a similar attack, one hacker was able to demonstrate how easy it is to drain the vehicle’s battery by using its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
- Mirai botnet: This is one of the biggest IoT attacks to date and occurred in 2016...
