New UK law will hit smart home device makers with big fines for using default passwords

The UK has introduced the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill, a suite of new regulations designed to improve security on smart home devices, the government announced. The rules will ban easy-to-guess default passwords, require disclosure of security update release dates and more -- under penalty of hefty fines. The new rules were originally proposed last year, following a long period of consultation, and are largely unchanged. The first one is a ban on easy-to-gue...