Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2018

In 2016 a group of young hackers in Anchorage Alaska ran a denial of service (DDoS) attack leveraging unprotected IoT devices which became known as Mirai.  As of early July 2018 there are 13 different versions of the Mirai malware has been used to launch additional attacks.  In the wake of the Mirai malware the threat hackers taking over hardware devices connected to networks has become very real.  This panel will discuss best practices in designing for security when developing hardware devices to ensure they can not be used as sources to launch DDoS attacks, infect hardware with viruses to misbehave or even to take over control of drones and robots.