Someone DDoSed A University’s internet connection by hacking its vending machines
The University’s Internet connection was blocked using infected IoT devices including vending machines and street lamps.
▻https://www.hackread.com/university-servers-ddosed-through-vending-machines
Verizon Enterprise’s RISK (Research, Investigations, Solutions and Knowledge) department researchers were tasked with the investigation of internet blockage at an unidentified US university and they discovered that [5000] infected IoT devices are responsible for cutting off the internet. The attackers reprogrammed the devices in such a way that they started attempting to connect with seafood-oriented websites sporadically.
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The report explained that “The botnet spread from device to device by brute forcing default and weak passwords – The firewall analysis identified over 5,000 discrete systems making hundreds of DNS lookups every 15 minutes.
▻http://www.verizonenterprise.com/resources/reports/rp_data-breach-digest-2017-sneak-peek_xg_en.pdf