The internet of stings.

The article discusses how American journalist Brian Krebs' web server became a target of one of the biggest distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks in the world. Topics discussed include the attack of the server by the botnet called Mirai, the release of the source code for Mirai to a forum of...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 420; no. 9010; pp. 72 - 74
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 10/8/2016
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