Webcams used to attack Reddit and Twitter recalled
Forgive me if I overlooked it in the article, but if this recall is being conducted at Hangzhou Xiongmai&#x27;s own initiative, it should be applauded. No doubt it&#x27;ll be expensive to fix these up, and it&#x27;s not clear that the organization has any real liability for the security faults. People are suggesting that we should &quot;name and shame&quot;, and I somewhat agree, but I think we should also applaud efforts of those who are taking the expensive steps of fixing the problem with no direct incentive to do so.<p>Because the DDOS&#x27;s costs are borne externally to the consumer, consumers can&#x27;t really be counted on to mandate security fixes. On the other hand, establishing liability for a company adding to a preexisting botnet through security faults seems tenuous.<p>One solution seems to be regulation (self or third-party), and it&#x27;s exciting to see a manufacturer take this issue seriously and start us down the path of self-policing.<p>[edit: for clarity]