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How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

Schism

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How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

What's funny is, at the time of this posting the above link goes to still messed up webpage.

SAN FRANCISCO — Technology experts warned for years that the millions of Internet-connected "smart" devices we use every day are weak, easily hijacked and could be turned against us.

The massive siege on Dyn, a New Hampshire-based company that monitors and routes Internet traffic, shows those ominous predictions are now a reality.

An unknown attacker intermittently knocked many popular websites offline for hours Friday, from Amazon to Twitter and Netflix to Etsy. How the breach occurred is a cautionary tale of the how the rush to make humdrum devices “smart” while sometimes leaving out crucial security can have major consequences.

Dyn, a provider of Internet management for multiple companies, was hit with a large-scale distributed denial of service attack (DDoS), in which its servers were flooded with millions of fake requests for information, so many that they could no longer respond to real ones and crashed under the weight.

Who orchestrated the attack is still unknown. But how they did it — by enslaving ordinary household electronic devices such as DVRs, routers and digital closed-circuit cameras —is established.
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The Internet of Things will be a disaster of our own making.
 
Schism said:
How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

What's funny is, at the time of this posting the above link goes to still messed up webpage.



The Internet of Things will be a disaster of our own making.
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One that should have been obvious at the time we were doing it. What we see here is the idiocy "if we can do something then we should". Nobody plans anymore, or understands risk. And the kicker here was that it was all so low value, for what of value comes from having your washing machine or your refrigerator on the internet?
 
apdst said:
Thank you, Mr. President!
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I'm all ears and eyes.. please put forth your argument that this is alllllll Obama's fault. I'm ready. Cause at this point it seems you'd say the same thing if you woke up and put your underwear on backwards.
 
poweRob said:
I'm all ears and eyes.. please put forth your argument that this is alllllll Obama's fault. I'm ready.
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Obama gave up control of the internet on October 1. In less than a month there's a massive cyber attack on The United States. Duh!
 
apdst said:
Obama gave up control of the internet on October 1. In less than a month there's a massive cyber attack on The United States. Duh!
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Make the tie. I await your proof with baited breath.
 
poweRob said:
Make the tie. I await your proof with baited breath.
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Don't you mean bated? It's just common sense. Of course you don't realize that everything Obama touches turns to ****. How's that fundamental change working for ya?
 
apdst said:
Obama gave up control of the internet on October 1. In less than a month there's a massive cyber attack on The United States. Duh!
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I think we established quite some time ago that you haven't the first clue how the internet works.
 
apdst said:
Don't you mean bated? It's just common sense. Of course you don't realize that everything Obama touches turns to ****. How's that fundamental change working for ya?
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So you have absolutely no proof... gotcha.

I'm sure you ffeeeeeeeel that that's the case though. :lol:
 
Kobie said:
I think we established quite some time ago that you haven't the first clue how the internet works.
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It looks painfully clear that giving control of the internet to the goofballs of the world was a bad idea. Of course you aren't going to admit it. You would rather engage in your usual vitriol.
 
poweRob said:
So you have absolutely no proof... gotcha.

I'm sure you ffeeeeeeeel that that's the case though. :lol:
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You're loyal to The Messiah. I'll give you that.
 
apdst said:
You're loyal to The Messiah. I'll give you that.
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Look at you getting emotional. Just back up your statements and you won't find yourself in this position you seem to always be in where you make asinine comments then run away from them.
 
poweRob said:
Look at you getting emotional. Just back up your statements and you won't find yourself in this position you seem to always be in where you make asinine comments then run away from them.
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I'm not the one lying to cover Obama's ass, again.
 
Schism said:
How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

What's funny is, at the time of this posting the above link goes to still messed up webpage.



The Internet of Things will be a disaster of our own making.
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I thought of this and remembered that all of my power was shut off yesterday to hook a generator control box to the main electrical box in the house. That disconnected all of my wireless stuff and I haven't logged in on any of that stuff. It makes me wonder if I want to keep that stuff logged in while I am not using it.
 
apdst said:
Thank you, Mr. President!
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For crying out loud. Really? Obama didn't do this. This is as much Obama as the creation of Mount Everest.
 
Kobie said:
I think we established quite some time ago that you haven't the first clue how the internet works.
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Just to everyone else but he is still in denial.
 
NonoBadDog said:
I got it, this is comedic relief, right? I mean, you can't be serious.
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Sadly ...

When it comes to apdst, anything ... and I mean ANYTHING ... that happens, in any way, anywhere in the known universe and in most fictional ones, that affects even one person negatively, is 100% the fault of Barack "Barry" Hussein Soetero Obama Jr.
 
Kobie said:
Sadly ...

When it comes to apdst, anything ... and I mean ANYTHING ... that happens, in any way, anywhere in the known universe and in most fictional ones, that affects even one person negatively, is 100% the fault of Barack "Barry" Hussein Soetero Obama Jr.
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I wanted to reply honestly and then thought NoNoBadDog. I will just say I agree and leave it at that. :yt:beer:
 
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