Feds Smash Four IoT Botnets That Powered DDoS Attacks Big Enough to Black Out the DoD
Your router might be a cyber weapon. Feds just crippled four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks—but the real fight is in why these things keep rising from the grave.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Feds seized infrastructure for four IoT botnets infecting 3M+ devices, behind 300K+ DDoS attacks.
- Kimwolf innovated internal-network spreading, spawning copycats like JackSkid.
- Takedowns help short-term, but without IoT security mandates, expect faster evolutions.
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Originally reported by Krebs on Security
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