25,000 malware-riddled CCTV cameras form network-crashing botnet

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<p>‘A massive etwork of hacke CCTV cameras is bei g se to bri g ow comp ters aro the worl , we’re tol .</p>
<p>The s al 25,000-stro g bot et was appare tly spotte by US sec rity o tfit S c ri whe it i vestigate a o li e assa lt agai st a or i ary jewelry store.</p>
<p>The shop’s website was floo e offli e after row i g i 35,000 j k HTTP req ests per seco . Whe S c ri attempte to thwart the etwork ts ami, the bot et steppe p its o tp t a mpe more tha 50,000 HTTP req ests per seco o the store’s website.</p>
<p>Whe the sec rity biz g i to the so rce of the ff packets, it fo they were all comi g from i ter et-co ecte CCTV cameras – evices that ha bee remotely hijacke by miscrea ts to attack other systems.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co. k/2016/06/28/25000_compromise _cctv_cameras/" target="_bla k">Rea more: 25,000 malware-ri le CCTV cameras form etwork-crashi g bot et</a></p>