Hackers fest points to risks in gadgets
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CHINESE consumers should be more alert to information security risks in new gadgets and online services, industry experts said yesterday.
More than 40 electronic devices were hacked in a demo session of GeekPwn 2015, a festival held annually for white-hat hackers who discover security weaknesses in new devices and apps and report them to regulators and firms.
Risks were found in smartphones from Xiaomi, Huawei and Qihoo 360, drones from DJI, routers from TP-Link and D-Link as well as a POS machine from Lakala during the GeekPwn session.
These loopholes allow criminals and hackers to control others’ phones and devices, transfer money online from banks and payment service accounts as well as steal information and other private data.
“We are facing more security risks when we have more connected devices,” said Wang Qi, CEO of Keen, host of GeekPwn.
Security risks were also found in smart home appliance, drones and robotics, wearable computing and O2O (online-to-offline) sectors, said Wang.
Huawei, Xiaomi and Qihoo 360 said yesterday that they had received the reports and were checking their systems to fix the problems.
Keen also showed how to hack iPhone’s iOS 9.1 operating system seen as the safest.
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