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« on: October 21, 2016, 01:26:14 PM »
Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites I noticed it this morning when the NY Times website was down. At the time, I didn't know what was causing it. I also just tried to sign an online petition and the site was down.

Russia? ISIS? Trump?
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 02:36:33 PM »
The Friends of Julian Assange are looking for payback and leverage!
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 03:21:44 PM »
Fortunately, I don't store anything in the cloud.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 04:14:47 PM »
I heard it was a very large DOS attack, mostly affected the right coast. So far, we've been served at every restaurant we've visited this week. But we didn't go near either coast. dntknw.gif
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2016, 06:28:53 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2016, 10:58:30 AM »
How does the end user find out if their DVR, IP camera, etc. was made by the Chinese company XiongMai Technologies?
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2016, 09:32:13 PM »
It's not the camera or DVR - it's components in them manufactured by XiongMai. And so far, nobody has said WHICH brands use these components. The passwords are hard-coded and therefore not something you can do anything about - other than disconnecting the device from the internet. However, there is little point in doing that until we know more.

From Fortune:

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The software used to control these devices—which almost certainly number into the millions—is a malware package known as Mirai (the Japanese word for “future”). The source code for that software was made public by its anonymous creator earlier this month, meaning that any of a huge number of malicious hackers could have been responsible for yesterday’s attack.
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2016, 10:17:39 PM »
Charming. Just charming. NOT!  angry.gif

QUOTE(Paddy @ Oct 22 2016, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's not the camera or DVR - it's components in them manufactured by XiongMai. And so far, nobody has said WHICH brands use these components. The passwords are hard-coded and therefore not something you can do anything about - other than disconnecting the device from the internet. However, there is little point in doing that until we know more.

From Fortune:

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The software used to control these devices—which almost certainly number into the millions—is a malware package known as Mirai (the Japanese word for “future”). The source code for that software was made public by its anonymous creator earlier this month, meaning that any of a huge number of malicious hackers could have been responsible for yesterday’s attack.


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