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DDoS attacks on Dyn

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source. No group of hackers claimed responsibility during or in the immediate aftermath of the attack. Dyn's chief strategist said in an interview that the assaults on the company's servers were very complex and unlike everyday DDoS attacks.
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On 13 December 2017, the Justice Department announced that three men (Paras Jha, 21, Josiah White, 20, and Dalton Norman, 21) had entered guilty pleas in cybercrime cases relating to the Mirai and clickfraud botnets.
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malware. The attribution of the attack to the Mirai botnet had been previously reported by BackConnect Inc., another security firm. Dyn stated that they were receiving malicious requests from tens of millions of
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On December 9, 2020, one of the perpetrators pleaded guilty to taking part in the attack. The perpetrator's name was withheld due to his or her age.
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On 25 October 2016, US President Obama stated that the investigators still had no idea who carried out the cyberattack.
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Justice Department Announces Charges And Guilty Pleas In Three Computer Crime Cases Involving Significant Cyber Attacks
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and New World Hackers claimed responsibility for the attack, but scant evidence was provided.
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manner some weeks prior, which made the investigation of the perpetrator more difficult.
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Dyn disclosed that, according to business risk intelligence firm FlashPoint and
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As a DNS provider, Dyn provides to end-users the service of mapping an Internet
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noted that the source code for Mirai had been released onto the Internet in an
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article reported that the attack was likely carried out by "an angry gamer".
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On October 26, FlashPoint stated that the attack was most likely done by
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the security on an IoT device, allowing it to be controlled remotely.
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started an investigation into the attacks, according to a
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Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center ransomware incident
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Satter, Raphael; Fowler, Bree; Bajak (21 October 2016).
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Obama: We have no idea who carried out huge cyberattack
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Etherington, Darrell; Conger, Kate (21 October 2016).
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Etherington, Darrell; Conger, Kate (21 October 2016).
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responds on October 21, 2016, the day of the attack
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UTC
Europe
North America
Eastern United States
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Anonymous
distributed denial-of-service attacks
Domain Name System
Dyn
Anonymous
domain name
web browser
IP address
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botnet
Internet-connected devices
printers
IP cameras
residential gateways
baby monitors
Mirai
Airbnb
Amazon.com
Ancestry.com
The A.V. Club
BBC
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