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
Internet in India No. of Indian consumers who purchased something online in 2018: 120 Million No. of Indian consumers who are expected to purchase something online in 2020: 175 Million Indian e-commerce Industry in 2017: $38.5 Billion Indian e-commerce Industry is expected to grow by 2026: $200 Billion Internet in India The history of the internet in India began with the launch of the Educational Research Network (ERNET) in 1986. The first publicly available internet service in India was launched by state-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) on 14 August 1995. As of May 2014, the Internet was delivered to India mainly by