You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace
You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace

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How you can protect your smart devices from cyberattack

Today’s digital products are ‘a computer hacker’s dream’ – leading to a huge rise in the online theft of personal documents, bank details and identity fraud

Topic |   Premier Living
Peta Tomlinson
Peta Tomlinson

Updated: 11:14am, 17 Sep, 2018

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You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace
You can help to improve your smart home’s security by changing the default usernames of all your interconnecting electronic devices and create strong, unique passwords, instead of those set by manufacturers, which cybercriminals will probably already know. Photo: Darktrace
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