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Assessing the threat the Reaper botnet poses to the Internetwhat we know now

Reaper botnet is a potentially Internet-paralyzing botnet made up of cameras, routers, and other so-called Internet-of-things devices. Researchers from security firm Check Point said it had infected 1 million organizations. Reaper exhibits unusual behavior that makes it impossible to assess the real danger the botnet presents. With a few improvements and a few lucky breaks, Reaper could prove to be a real menace. The most important fact to emerge is Reaper’s true size, other researchers have said it is significantly smaller.”]

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/assessing-the-threat-the-reaper-botnet-poses-to-the-internet-what-we-know-now/

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