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Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app
From: Daniel Corbe <dcorbe () hammerfiber com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 08:50:29 -0500
On Dec 12, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote: Is McAfee just talking to dry his teeth here? This isn't actually practical, is it? Carriers would notice, right?
Whether carriers might notice (or even care, because hey we can bill for data!) is debatable. But...
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/john-mcafee-massive-ddos-attack-internet-was-smartphone-botnet-popular-app-1532993
"and the unsophisticated way the botnet could be implemented through a simple smartphone app, suggests hackers sympathetic to Islamic State (Isis) may be behind it." "The majority of the domain servers are controlled by U.S. interests - three are controlled by the US government. Who has the largest axe to grind? Isis. Who has the most to gain? Isis. Isis certainly has the technical capability to write a popular app.” He certainly is making some wild leaps of logic here. This is the most substantive sentence in the article: "But I have no direct evidence.”
Current thread:
- John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Jay Ashworth (Dec 11)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Colin Johnston (Dec 11)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Daniel Corbe (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Jim Shankland (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Roland Dobbins (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Rich Kulawiec (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Mark Andrews (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Christopher Morrow (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Jim Shankland (Dec 12)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Tony Finch (Dec 14)
- Re: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Wayne Wenthin (Dec 14)
- RE: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Frank Bulk (Dec 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Fwd: John McAfee: Massive DDoS attack on the internet was from smartphone botnet on popular app Jonathan Hall (Dec 13)