PCWorld: Armies of hacked smart devices launch unprecedented DDoS attacks

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DDoS attacks got a power boost thanks to hundreds of thousands of insecure IoT devices.

By Lucian Constantin
Sep 26, 2016

Security researchers have been warning for years that poor security for internet of things devices could have serious consequences. We're now seeing those warnings come true, with botnets made up of compromised IoT devices capable of launching distributed denial-of-service attacks of unprecedented scale.

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