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October 25, 2016 06:15 pm GMT
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The Mirai botnets internet takedown opens up a new market for attackers and defenders
When Amazon, Twitter, PayPal, Spotify and other major websites were rendered inaccessible on Friday, thousands of Americans learned firsthand what a DDoS attack feels like. DDoS is an unsophisticated form of attack that overwhelms sites with spam traffic so legitimate users can’t get through. DDoS is a war of economics: whoever has the most computing power, defender or attacker,… Read MoreOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/48YNF5MUjDE/
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