Japan to let government employees hack into consumers' IoT devices with insecure passwords to identify vulnerabilities and prevent abuse during 2020 Olympics (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Japan to let government employees hack into consumers' IoT devices with insecure passwords to identify vulnerabilities and prevent abuse during 2020 Olympics  —  Japanese government wants to secure IoT devices before Tokyo 2020 Olympics and avoid Olympic Destroyer and VPNFilter-like attacks.

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