Monday, October 24, 2016

Zero Hedge — This Is The Chinese Firm Whose Cameras Took Down The Internet On Friday

Now, while the origin of the attack is still unknown (even though we're sure that Hillary's "17 intelligence agencies" have their suspicions), we're getting a better idea of how the attack was executed. According to Bloomberg, Internet-connected CCTV cameras made by a Chinese firm, Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co., were infected with malware that allowed hackers to takeover "tens of millions" of devices to launch the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Hijacking. Unknown who the hijacker is.

Zero Hedge
This Is The Chinese Firm Whose Cameras Took Down The Internet On Friday
Tyler Durden

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