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The first attacks were described as only lasting minutes. Is this the perpetrators stopping? If so, why? In case people start to notice their 'smart' lightbulbs
by kingosticks 10y ago
The first attacks were described as only lasting minutes. Is this the perpetrators stopping? If so, why? In case people start to notice their 'smart' lightbulbs are glowing unusually bright? Otherwise what else stops the attack?
- tehmaco 10y agoProof of ability to potential customer? Checking that their command and control software works? I doubt you'd notice a difference on the device unless you were doing something network/CPU intensive on it, even then, it'd just seem slow.
- kingosticks 10y agoAh OK that makes sense, thanks. It's handy for companies like Cloudflare to get a heads up on what's around the corner.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoIf you have failed to take a site down in 15 minutes, continuing for longer is not going to make a difference. Also the attacker may be renting time on the botnet.