In October, a massive denial-of-service cyberattack on internet infrastructure Dyn knocked huge swathes of the web offline for millions of Americans and Europeans, from Netflix to Twitter. It was the largest attack of its kind in history — and it was powered by an army of hacked webcams and smart devices with shoddy or non-existent security.
In short: The “internet of things” is a nightmare — a fundamental threat to the security and safety of the web.
But Google and other tech giants now have a plan to fix it.
