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.
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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!