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Do you have a better source for that? In the article it rather reads like the control system was at the receiving end: The systems that were attacked tried to
by ge0rg 10y ago
Do you have a better source for that? In the article it rather reads like the control system was at the receiving end:
The systems that were attacked tried to respond to the attack by rebooting the main control circuit.
- sesqu 10y agoThe service provider says it was a DDOS but the device manufacturer says it was probably an aftershock of the Mirai botnet that uses IoT to launch attacks.
- shandor 10y agoOfficials reported (sorry, no link) that they had "heavy reasons" to think that the attack was 1) done by actual criminals 2) pointed elsewhere, and the heating system was just one of the many systems used to initiate the attack. They weren't more specific as to who attacked and who was the actual intended victim, but they were pretty sure the heatimg systems going down was just collateral. Welcome to the Internet of Shit.