<h4 class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body" style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19968" src="https://staging.cybermaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Steve-Ranger.png" alt="" width="1200" height="800" /></h4> <h4 class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body" style="text-align: center;"></h4> <blockquote> <p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body" style="text-align: left;"><span class="JsGRdQ">"The <a href="https://cybermaterial.com/iot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IoT</a> bridges the gap between the digital world and the physical world, which means that hacking into devices can have dangerous real-world consequences. Hacking into the sensors controlling the temperature in a power station could trick the operators into making a catastrophic decision; taking control of a driverless car could also end in disaster."</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span class="JsGRdQ"><strong><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-the-internet-of-things-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-iot-right-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steve Ranger</a></strong> -Principal Security Researcher -UK editor-in-chief, TechRepublic and ZDNet</span></p> </blockquote> <strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-the-internet-of-things-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-iot-right-now/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ZDNet</a> <strong>About Steve Ranger:</strong> <p id="initial-author-bio" class="author-bio-text"><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/steve-ranger/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steve Ranger</a> is the editorial director of ZDNET. An award-winning journalist, Steve writes about the intersection of technology, business and culture, and regularly appears on TV and radio discussing tech issues. Previously he was the edito<span id="author-bio" class="expose-content" data-expose-el="content">r of silicon.com.</span></p>