It&#x27;s more likely to be Pearl Harbour than Enron if IoT ever becomes popular without improved security.<p>Having your server hacked is one thing. Making kitchen appliances burst into flames - which is not impossible with remote control - is something else entirely.<p>It&#x27;s a national security issue. Imagine a state actor or a terrorist org deliberately launching a synchronised mass IoT attack against another country.<p>Imagine the attack is untraceable because it&#x27;s routed through all the botnets out there.<p>It&#x27;s great the NSA wants backdoors everywhere, because that will make attacks easier to trace - wont&#x27;t it?