SMART home technology are connected by the Internet of Things, have inherent risks of security breaches. Hackers targeted unsecured devices that includes SMART home technology, and infected them with malicious code to form a botnet and carry out the attack. A study estimates that at least 15 percent of home routers are unsecured with weak or default passwords. There are over 13 billion interconnected digital and electronic devices across the world; the October 2016 DDoS attack showed that a small percentage of vulnerable devices can have a devastating impact. SMART home technology SMART home technology use devices connected to the Internet of things
Sociology of the Internet often maintained both online and offline There are ongoing debates about the impact of the Internet on strong and weak ties, whether the Internet is creating more or less social capital, the Internet's role in trends towards social isolation, and whether it creates a more or less diverse social environment. It is often said the Internet is a new frontier, and there is a line of argument to the effect that social interaction, cooperation and conflict among users resembles the anarchistic and violent American frontier of the early 19th century. In March 2014, researchers from the Benedictine University at Mesa