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Briefing
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- HoneyBot – Georgia Institute of Technology researchers developed robot, called HoneyBot, that acts as decoy to fool hackers into giving valuable information, which can protect robots of factories and large facilities, and help identify what, where, and who is behind malicious activity
- Named after Honeypots – Robot named after “honeypots,” decoy computer systems used by cybersecurity professionals to lure and trick hackers
- Testing – December 2017 experiment showed how robot tricked volunteer hackers by feeding them false sensor data and letting them think it was following their commands
- Addressing Proliferation of Cyberthreats – Aims to mitigate risk of getting Internet-enabled industrial machines into hands of malicious actors seeking to control systems, which could disrupt operations or cause harm to humans
- NSF-Supported – Research supported with grant from National Science Foundation
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Sector
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Industrial Manufacturing, Information Technology
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Organization
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Source
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Locklear, M., "HoneyBot lures hackers to protect its fellow robots",
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Furness, D., "Meet the HoneyBot, a decoy robot designed to trick hackers",
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"Robot designed to defend factories against cyberthreats,"
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Nichols, G., "This small robot lures hackers away from other robots",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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March 29, 2018
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