Comment on Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

triptrapper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My suspicion is a false flag by the intelligence agencies to push back against cuts or prove their value to the new admin. This is their style to protect or ask for larger budgets.

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• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Best case? Some grey hat found a hole in security for Internet connected cameras and is just having fun. Worst case? Training runs by a state actor.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty succinct summary. Good job.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or one of the professionalized cybercryme groups.

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re all state actors these days because all the ones that didn’t hook up with a country for protection either got their doors kicked in at 3 in the morning; or they kept to small enough operations to not be a real bother. I guess one of them could have forgotten the 2010’s, but I doubt it. They tend to be smarter than other criminals.

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      • apostrofail@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        forgotten the 2010s*

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