Cyber Security News
Compromised IoT Devices
October 25, 2016
A massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against DNS service provider Dyn caused several major websites, including Twitter, Amazon, Spotify, and Netflix, to be unavailable last Friday. Dyn experienced three waves of attacks. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating. The attack was powered in part by compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices.