Everything can be hacked

Bruce Schneier, an American cryptographer and computer security professional, just published an eye-opening book, it is called Click here to kill everybody. Here he warns about our lack of digital security and what the consequences might be if we do not address these problems.
In 2017 8,4 billion devices were connected to the internet, according to predictions this number will rise to 20 or even 75 billion devices in 2020. As the title of this book already suggests this can cause huge problems because most of these devices have poor security systems. Cyberattacks are getting more common and have bigger consequences. In 2017, one of the biggest cyberattacks took place through the use of the Wannacry ransomware. It infected huge businesses like the NHS, FedEx, Deutsche Bahn and Renault.
Schneier claims that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Nowadays a lot of devices are becoming connected to the internet, it is not only computers anymore that can get hacked. A car for example used to be pure mechanical, now it has partially become a computer as well. In 2015, researchers already showed that cars can get hacked as well. They could take over control of your car from miles away. If people with bad intentions obtain this technology it could have extreme consequences. Just today researchers from the KU Leuven showed it was quite easy to clone a Tesla key. It made use of very outdated and unsafe cryptography, to clone it they did not even need complex equipment.
According to Schneier the reason behind the lack of safety is that computer manufacturers want to launch their new models too fast. Only after these computers are on the market do they try to fix these holes in their security. He also puts part of the blame with the creators of the internet. Schneier claims that the foundations of the internet have always been unsafe.
The solution that Schneier offers is that governments need to put more regulations on manufacturers. He pleads that these companies need to provide their products with security labels so that consumers know what they buy.