{"id":14271,"date":"2024-04-29T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T06:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/no-more-12345-devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-in-uk\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T06:37:15","slug":"no-more-12345-devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/no-more-12345-devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminals<\/p>\n<p>Tech that comes with weak passwords such as \u201cadmin\u201d or \u201c12345\u201d will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards.<\/p>\n<p>Measures to protect consumers from hacking and cyber-attacks come into effect on Monday, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/apr\/29\/devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/835bf0f2fb125d7bd29c31fa42896b53e0ffe667\/291_67_3020_1812\/master\/3020.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c794c3d560efa10636aa9aac16ceb0d9\" title=\"No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK\" \/>Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminals<br \/>\nTech that comes with weak passwords such as \u201cadmin\u201d or \u201c12345\u201d will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards.<br \/>\nMeasures to protect consumers from hacking and cyber-attacks come into effect on Monday, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminals Tech that comes with weak passwords such as \u201cadmin\u201d or \u201c12345\u201d will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards. Measures to protect consumers from hacking and cyber-attacks come &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/no-more-12345-devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-in-uk\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14271"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}