Researchers say there are serious security problems in Samsung’s SmartThings

[slagle (Tim Slagle)]

@AuxMax001

Curious if the “hackers” reached out to have you address the issues prior to publication?

We have been working with them for a couple weeks now.

SmartThings Platform Security - Response from Alex

Protecting our customers’ privacy and data security is fundamental to everything we do at SmartThings. We regularly perform penetration tests of our system and engage with professional third-party security experts. We embrace their research so that we can continue to get in front of any potential vulnerabilities, and be industry leaders when it comes to the security of our platform. A research report entitled “Security Analysis of Emerging Smart Home Applications” was released this morning by a team from the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research. The report discloses hypothetical vulnerabilities in the SmartThings platform and demonstrates how, under certain circumstances, they could be exploited. It is important to note that none of the vulnerabilities described have affected an…