No idea but I can't say that I noticed it anyway. They are thought to have used cheapo Internet of Things (IoT) stuff to launch the attacks because they are becoming so common these days and most of them have appallingly weak security. The code for this one has only been out in the public domain since last month, so this kind of DDoS attack will only get worse.
No cheapo IoT devices in my house though, not even a so-called smart meter (smart? Yeah, right). Well not many anyway lol. They can stick their IoT devices up where the sun don't shine.
No idea but I can't say that I noticed it anyway. They are thought to have used cheapo Internet of Things (IoT) stuff to launch the attacks because they are becoming so common these days and most of them have appallingly weak security.
Which makes you wonder what else is being done with them that you don't know about.
Which makes you wonder what else is being done with them that you don't know about.
Well in my case, nothing as I don't have any IoT stuff at all. I think. My phone's probably the biggest risk so I'm very careful with that. Does make you wonder about the masses, though!
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You are probably right. The Russians have shown that they are rather good at this sort of thing.
Sorry. Forgot link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3859500/Widespread-internet-havoc-major-attack-takes-websites-offline-Spotify-Twitter-sites-suffer-outages.html
What sort of cider do you drink?
No idea but I can't say that I noticed it anyway. They are thought to have used cheapo Internet of Things (IoT) stuff to launch the attacks because they are becoming so common these days and most of them have appallingly weak security. The code for this one has only been out in the public domain since last month, so this kind of DDoS attack will only get worse.
No cheapo IoT devices in my house though, not even a so-called smart meter (smart? Yeah, right). Well not many anyway lol. They can stick their IoT devices up where the sun don't shine.
Well in my case, nothing as I don't have any IoT stuff at all. I think. My phone's probably the biggest risk so I'm very careful with that. Does make you wonder about the masses, though!