The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken

Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by scrollaway on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:21PM (#12851339)

Given that most of the ddos attacks come from China, isn't it a reasonable assumption that the Chinese manufacturers are complicit in keeping the system broken?

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by SkyMarshal on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:25PM (#12851351)

Do most of the ddos attacks actually come from China? I thought they came from botnets of pwned PC's all over the world.

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by scrollaway on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:27PM (#12851355)

We're talking about who controls the ddos. Where the devices end up is different.

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by killbrad on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:26PM (#12851840)

I haven't seen anything about originations on recent broad internet attacks - any good links? Having done "internet work" for about 20 years, it seems like a reasonable statement, but they certainly are getting harder to pinpoint.

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by herbst on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:43AM (#12852303)

I am pretty sure there was nothing really pointing to china so far. Any links?

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by kahrkunne on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @07:11AM (#12853592)

The Chinese are not a hive mind. The people ddosing are not the people making technology.

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