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I think the more realistic solution is that a vigilante group of hackers continuously scan and take over vulnerable IOT boxes with the intention of bricking and

by verroq 10y ago

I think the more realistic solution is that a vigilante group of hackers continuously scan and take over vulnerable IOT boxes with the intention of bricking and/or disabling their network access would be the most feasible.

snowwrestler 10y ago
The problem with this idea is that it is illegal, and federal agents are much better at tracking people down on the Internet than they were even 5 years ago. So while I think a lot of us would cheer the vigilantes on, they would be taking a serious personal risk.
- jazoom 10y ago
  If they were so good at that then this wouldn't be a problem in the first place. The hackers can be in the same country as the DDOSers.
  - camhenlin 10y ago
    But then wouldn't they be better off doing DDOSing for hire? Just a thought
atmosx 10y ago
There is shodan.io which is pretty good. The vigilante hackers is for for comic books IMHO. I would trust a 3-letter gov org. Maybe the NSA would be a lot more useful if instead of breaking the internet, trying to fix it.