Fitbit Vulnerabilities Expose Wearer Data

I really like the following article this week and I think it’s nice to share it with the entire class:

Fitbit became another device that can be used to track our personal lives and give Hackers the ability to even change our record that Fitbit collects. These Hackers discovered a way of intercepting messages transmitted between fitness trackers and the cloud servers where data is sent for analysis.

These changes that can be made in the record would not only affect us as users but big companies as well. So many companies are dependent on such devices to collect information do develop and rate certain product won’t receiving accurate data and all their new products would be built using false information.

If this kind of analysis that shows that the Fitbit servers are not receiving the correct data. It could be used to determine whether a person has a specific medical condition; and, the impact of this to the individual could be raised healthcare premiums or even denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Further, once the data is in the hands of an organization, it could potentially be sold for other purposes.

To solve this issue and secure the Fitbit, the researchers have created guidelines to help manufacturers remove similar weaknesses from future system designs to ensure users’ personal data is kept private and secure. It is very hard to secure such devices but it can be done by keep researching and studying all the weaknesses to create the right patches that will not give chance to Hackers to reach out there goals.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fitbit-vulnerabilities-expose/