An IoT botnet shut down the internet connection on Friday for millions of users in the US. Initial official statements claimed tens of millions of IPs were involved in taking down the DNS infrastructure provided by Dyn, yet further investigation tells another story. As few as 100,000 connected devices infected with Mirai malware are responsible for the attack. The reported magnitude is in the 1.2 Tbs range, according to Scott Hilton, EVP of Product at Dyn. We are able to confirm that a significant volume of attack traffic originated from Mirai-based botnets.”]