Minecraft and Mirai

Did you know the world's worst DDoS attack (and its variants) was about the "Minecraft economy"? OK, that's just part of the story, so read this amazing article on Mirai and the college kids to blame. Their plan was crushing competing Minecraft servers and their attack surface IoT devices (so much poor security).

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