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How likely is the following to occur?: 'Researchers hacked into a popular home thermostat and were able to access the Wi-Fi password for the local network, data related to the presence of users at home, and security vulnerabilities in a baby monitor and older PC?'

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Release date

October 2015

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

September 2015

Number of respondents

1,549 respondents

Special properties

respondents are European business and IT professionals who are members of ISACA.

Method of interview

Online survey

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* Internet of Things (IoT) devices are everyday items things such as fridges, heart monitoring implants, Fitbits etc that utilize embedded technology to communicate and interact with the external environment, all via the Internet.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "In the past year, there have been reports in the media of each of the following types of IoT hacks. For each item, please rate how likely you think it is to occur as an actual hack: Researchers hacked into a popular home thermostat and were able to access the Wi-Fi password for the local network, data related to the presence of users at home, and security vulnerabilities in a baby monitor and older PC."

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This statistic displays the share of responses to the question, "How likely is the following to occur?: 'Researchers hacked into a popular home thermostat and were able to access the Wi-Fi password for the local network, data related to the presence of users at home, and security vulnerabilities in a baby monitor and older PC?" in Europe in 2015. A ** percent share of respondents thought it was very likely for this scenario to occur.