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Everything We Know About the Cyber Attack That Crippled America's Internet
Everything We Know About the Cyber Attack That Crippled America's Internet
Friday's DDoS attack on Dyn's domain name servers was unprecedented. The attack utilized a botnet made up of "internet of things" (IoT) devices (think: smart TV's, DVRs, and internet-connected cameras) to take down a major piece of internet infrastructure. The result?
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The Internet-connected world needs a best practices enema. Default passwords, vulnerable systems, and all these devices connected to the network. The number of devices will increase, but I expect that stories like this will only increase in occurrence.