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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by redbeard0x0a on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @09:02PM (#12851518)
If ISPs turned off your connection if it was found that something on your network is part of an active attack of a botnet until the problem is cleaned up. Now the 'victim' (I'd not really say victim because they chose the cheapest webcam online) has to figure out (or hire somebody to) clean up their network.

If there are actual consequences for people's computers and IoT devices being 'hacked', they will start to look for ways to avoid the inconvenience in the future. They might start using better passwords, not installing every toolbar under the sun, demand better products (and accountability) from the companies they purchase items from.

tl;dr;

The only way to get some of these problems fixed is to introduce some level of pain, somewhere in the system. I say penalize the consumer who decided to buy the cheapest thing online - turn off their Internet connection when an infected device is found.

Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by paulryanrogers on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:16AM (#12853901)
This seems the most practical, though I imagine the consumer is likely going change their ISP until they find one that won't. So ISPs have no incentive to do this unless they're regulated.

If customers or ISPs had tools to find out which devices were at fault then it may be more feasible.