Clash of Titans: Robot Makers vs. Robot Hackers
Who has the early advantage, how should industry respond, and how best to cyber-harden a robot?
“The bad actors are progressively getting better organized, smarter and better built for success.” —Insurance Thought Leadership
Two brilliant adversarial groups—robot makers and robot hackers—battle over robots, while cautious insurers, when offering policies, fret over the dearth of data on cyber-attacks.
IOActive Labs claims to have uncovered 50 bugs in machines built by six of the biggest robotics manufacturers. When it comes to major manufacturers of industrial robots, six is a huge number, which hints at the possibility that the entire industry was unaware and caught off guard by cyber threats to their products.
Here’s some of the early buzz: The BIG wake-up call arrives