---
id: 2265
title: "IoT Security and Japan’s Bold Move to Improve Security"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/iot-security-and-japans-bold-move-to-improve-security/"
published_at: "2019-01-30T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "iot", "bugcrowd", "japan", "regulation", "iot-security", "government-initiative", "device-security"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2265"
lang: en
---

# IoT Security and Japan’s Bold Move to Improve Security

## Summary

Billions of insecure IoT devices are coming online. Bugcrowd covers Japan's plan to hack citizens' devices before the Tokyo Olympics and cites Fitbit and Arlo's bug bounties as the proactive model.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/iot-security-and-japans-bold-move-to-improve-security/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2265