intelligence_src_74dcea1e7d16bc2a75
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- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- Oct 06, 2016 07:00 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 14, 2026 13:03 UTC
Mirai: The IoT Bot that Took Down Krebs and Launched a Tbps Attack on OVH
The Mirai botnet has infected hundreds of thousands of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, specifically security cameras, by using vendor default passwords for Telnet access.
Reference details
- Source category
- research-report
- First reported
- Oct 06, 2016 07:00 UTC
- Last reported
- Oct 06, 2016 07:00 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 14, 2026 13:03 UTC
- Record ID
2b8f000a2186d3f5dbb4ddda0f579f0c70375bdf8d9ccba38a2ce3488cfcab44
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