40% users blame manufacturers for security of their IoT devices: Report

New Delhi: As internet of things (IoT) smart devices pick up adoption in our daily lives, new research said on Monday that 40 per cent of users think that manufacturers are responsible for the security of their devices.
Nearly 88 per cent of users who surveyed own some kind of IoT device in their household.
Almost half of them put the responsibility for the security of those devices on manufacturers and therefore do nothing to protect them, according to research by NordVPN, a leading virtual private network (VPN) service provider.
IoT devices are known as some of the most vulnerable to hackers’ attacks, both because of the valuable information they collect and the weak security measures they usually have installed.