How Surveillance Cameras Have Become an Internet Superweapon

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Major parts of the internet were crashed on Friday by hackers using devices like security cameras around the world. How is this possible?

Published Oct. 22 2016 1:04PM EDT

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On Friday, hackers crashed parts of the internet, specifically services located on the East Coast of the United States. They used an old technique known for 20 years, a “DNS DDoS.”

However, instead of launching the attack from virus-infected computers as has been the norm, hackers

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How Surveillance Cameras Have Become an Internet Superweapon

Major parts of the internet were crashed on Friday by hackers using devices like security cameras around the world. How is this possible?

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