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Re:The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft ... by philamonster on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:28AM (#15921456)
I think a lot of the speculation was based on the initial size of the attack (620-665gbps).

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/krebsonsecurity-hit-with...

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft ... by tptacek on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:46AM (#15921827)
Right. The problem is the premise that it would take a state-level adversary to generate that kind of traffic, and not a single-digit number of disgruntled teenaged Minecraft players.
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