Researchers at Flashpoint pointed a finger of blame at “script kiddies” for the huge IoT-based DDoS attack that made parts of the internet inaccessible last Friday. In fact, the primary target may have been a “a well-known video game company” that happened to use Dyn for DNS services.

The researchers wrote:

Flashpoint assesses with moderate confidence that the most recent Mirai attacks are likely connected to the English-language hacking forum community, specifically users and readers of the forum “hackforums[.]net.”

Flashpoint explained:

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here