Massive Cyber Attack

[Gman]

DDoS has been around for quite a while. What's changing is how large and distributed the BotNet that can be created and the ability to resist attempts in shutting it down by adapting the attacks. As these attacks become increasingly driven by hostile nations, we're getting into cyber-warfare. Can you imagine the disruption if Americans couldn't use the Internet for a couple of weeks?

We've become dependent on it for commerce. Cloud services that we've come to rely on wouldn't be there. Younger generations that grew up always having the ability to 'Google' for everything would likely be very lost.

[DFBrews]

DDoS has been around for quite a while. What's changing is how large and distributed the BotNet that can be created and the ability to resist attempts in shutting it down by adapting the attacks. As these attacks become increasingly driven by hostile nations, we're getting into cyber-warfare. Can you imagine the disruption if Americans couldn't use the Internet for a couple of weeks?

We've become dependent on it for commerce. Cloud services that we've come to rely on wouldn't be there. Younger generations that grew up always having the ability to 'Google' for everything would likely be very lost.

i thought googling how to do things is what an adult was?

[Justin]

Low Orbit Ion Cannon is old, requires manual input, and is easily traceable.

The malware behind the dyn attack is designed to seek out and exploit open devices, and in some cases can exploit devices that have had the username and password changed because the manufacturer hard-coded alternate creditentials.

So far this is the best article I've found on the Dyn attack.

http://arstechnica.com/information-t...-the-internet/