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Who Should We Blame For Friday's DDOS Attack? (fortune.com)
"Wondering which IoT device types are part of the Mirai botnet causing trouble today? Brian Krebs has the list," tweeted Trend Micro's Eric Skinner Friday, sharing an early October link which identifies Panasonic, Samsung and Xerox printers, and lesser known makers of routers and cameras. An anonymous reader quotes Fortune:
Part of the responsibility should also lie with lawmakers and regulators, who have failed to create a safety system to account for the Internet-of-Things era we are now living in. Finally, it's time for consumers to acknowledge they have a role in the attack too. By failing to secure the internet-connected devices, they are endangering not just themselves but the rest of the Internet as well.
If you're worried, Motherboard is pointing people to an online scanning tool from BullGuard (a U.K. anti-virus firm) which checks whether devices on your home network are listed in the Shodan search engine for unsecured IoT devices. But earlier this month, Brian Krebs pointed out the situation is exacerbated by the failure of many ISPs to implement the BCP38 security standard to filter spoofed traffic, "allowing systems on their networks to be leveraged in large-scale DDoS attacks..."
If you're worried, Motherboard is pointing people to an online scanning tool from BullGuard (a U.K. anti-virus firm) which checks whether devices on your home network are listed in the Shodan search engine for unsecured IoT devices. But earlier this month, Brian Krebs pointed out the situation is exacerbated by the failure of many ISPs to implement the BCP38 security standard to filter spoofed traffic, "allowing systems on their networks to be leveraged in large-scale DDoS attacks..."
Only our President, Barack Hussein Obama and our President-elect, Hillary Clinton, can decide that. We cannot, as ordinary citizens, have the understanding and the scope to make important and informed decisions. There are many things we do not know for our own safety. I for one trust our great Leaders and will never question their wisdom. I am ready to inform on any dissenter or malcontent as is my duty as a loyal citizen of this great country.
I believe global warming increases the severity of these attacks. Look at the facts: it's getting warmer every year, and the intensity of these attacks is likewise increasing.
Nah, too much effort figuring out who did it. Just blame Russia. Works for everyone else lately.
The Patriarchy!