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Researchers Hijack Samsung's SmartThings IoT System

2016-05-04 21:55:00| TechNewsWorld

Researchers at the University of Michigan on Monday announced they had uncovered a series of vulnerabilities in the Samsung SmartThings home automation system that essentially could have allowed hackers to take control of various functions and break into a user's home. The researchers, working with Microsoft, were able to perform four proof-of-concept attacks.

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