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China Electronics Firm To Recall Some US Products After Hacking Attack (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes:Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai said it will recall some of its products sold in the United States after it was identified by security researchers as having made parts for devices that were targeted in a major hacking attack on Friday. Hackers unleashed a complex attack on the Internet through common devices like webcams and digital recorders, and cut access to some of the world's best known websites in a stunning breach of global internet stability. The electronics components firm, which makes parts for surveillance cameras, said in a statement on its official microblog that it would recall some of its earlier products sold in the United States, strengthen password functions and send users a patch for products made before April last year. It said the biggest issue was users not changing default passwords, adding that, overall, its products were well protected from cyber security breaches. It said reports that its products made up the bulk of those targeted in the attack were false. "Security issues are a problem facing all mankind. Since industry giants have experienced them, Xiongmai is not afraid to experience them once, too," the company statement said.
Sadly, this sort of thing has nothing to do with being a developing nation. It's horrifyingly commonplace, in fact. Brian Krebs posted a list a few weeks ago including some of the products that were vulnerable to the Mirai botnet exploits, and while it includes several Chinese firms' products, it also includes ones by Samsung, Xerox, Panasonic, Toshiba, etc.
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