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Friday’s IoT-based DDoS attack has security experts worried

The Friday cybersecurity attack using connected devices, or the Internet of Things, was serious, unusual and historic. The attack, which affected a number of major Web sites, reportedly used Internet-enabled cameras as a platform for a DDoS attack. The attackers exploited manufacturer-set passwords that hadn’t been reset by users. “This is just the beginning,” said Sanjay Sarma, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT who has done pioneering work on IoT systems “There’s more coming, sadly perhaps a power plant””]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3134872/fridays-iot-based-ddos-attack-has-security-experts-worried.html

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