U.S. prosecutors in Alaska last week filed charges against a Washington man who is allegedly linked to the Satori IoT botnet that infected more than 280,000 IP addresses in 12 hours upon its debut in late 2017.
The incredible advancements that have turned what were once standalone pieces of medical equipment into IoT devices do enable better care for patients, but at the same time open these devices up to cyberattacks, warned the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), in a new report.
