One of the operators behind a Mirai botnet pleaded guilty to their involvement in a massive DDoS attack that caused a massive Internet disruption during October 2016. Amazon, PayPal, Visa, Netflix, the PlayStation Network, and Airbnb were taken down as a direct result of the attack. The defendant, a minor when the attacks took place, and his conspirators used it to infect and convert Internet-connected video cameras, recorders, and other Internet-of-Things devices into bots that were used as the “army”” that powered the group’s DDoS attacks.”
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-who-shook-the-internet-in-2016-pleads-guilty-to-ddos-attacks/