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It looks like Brian Krebs has been doing some digging trying to find out who authored the Mirai Worm that was used to force his site offline for a few days last year. The malware author goes by the handle Anna-Senpai, and Mr. Krebs believes he has unearthed his/her true identity:
On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with "Mirai," a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices like wireless routers and security cameras into a botnet for use in large cyberattacks. Roughly a week after that assault, the individual(s) who launched that attack — using the name "Anna-Senpai" — released the source code for Mirai, spawning dozens of copycat attack armies online.
After months of digging, KrebsOnSecurity is now confident to have uncovered Anna-Senpai's real-life identity, and the identity of at least one co-conspirator who helped to write and modify the malware.
The article is a good read and covers a lot of interesting ground within the botnet community.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday January 23 2017, @04:56PM
I see no downmod. In fact, I don't see a single downmod on any comment on this story at the time of this writing.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 23 2017, @07:13PM
No downmod because (((they))) were not mentioned.
Mention jews and suddenly the JIDF runs to downmod it. They have triggers in place that downmod anything that even mentions jews.
And this comment is on-topic because (((they))) are responsible for adding backdoors in hardware and software.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 23 2017, @08:57PM
Comment moderation checks out.