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December 16, 2017

Russians? Nation State? Dorm Room? Mirai Botnet Facts

Filed under: Cybersecurity,Government,Journalism,News,Reporting — Patrick Durusau @ 3:40 pm

How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet by Garett M. Graff.

From the post:

The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet—powered by unsecured internet-of-things devices like security cameras and wireless routers—that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe last fall. What drove them wasn’t anarchist politics or shadowy ties to a nation-state. It was Minecraft.

Graff’s account is mandatory reading for:

  • Hackers who want to avoid discovery by the FBI
  • Journalists who want to avoid false and/or misleading claims about cyberattacks
  • Manufacturers who want to avoid producing insecure devices (a very small number)
  • Readers who interested in how the Mirai botnet hype played out

Enjoy!

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