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SOMEONE is learning how to take down the internet
- probably_wrong 10y agoThe article is confusing several data points into one: * Schneier's article[1] detailing what seem like "test attacks", to discover how to take the internet down, * The attack against Brian Krebs[2], using the Mirai botnet * The attack against Dyn[3], also using Mirai The article implies that all three points are related into a single story. But Schneier himself suggested that his report and the attack on Dyn are not related, and that it was more of a coincidence [4]. Krebs suggested that Mirai may have been released intentionally to hide the creators among a sea of attacks [5]. Whoever is probing the internet is (probably) a state actor, while Mirai is used by "regular" users. These are three separated events, and not a growing campaign against the US elections. [1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_le... [2] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-record-ddos/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/krebsonsecurity-hit-with... [3] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_ag.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_... [4] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_ag.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_... [5] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/source-code-for-iot-botnet-mirai-released/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/source-code-for-iot-botn...