Many folks in the Eastern US and apparently in Europe know full well of the recent attack that severely slowed or virtually shut down the internet for certain popular sites like Amazon, Twitter and PayPal. The botnet DDoS attack was basically millions of internet connected devices (Internet of Things "IoT") all connecting or sending messages in at the same time.
http://blog.rackspace.com/internet-of-things-why-connected-toasters-and-other-smart-home-devices-matter
Apparently, such wonderful things as toasters, cameras, refrigerators and the like are all now being connected and they are easily hacked to install malware that allows them all to send signals or requests at the same time. Tens of millions of such requests can shut down a web portal, like Dyn.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/
And yet, a few years from now we are all supposed to trust our lives to autonomous cars.
By the way, if you have noticed your internet connection at home slowing down otherwise, perhaps it is because you have so many IoT devices connected, all of which will eat a tad of bandwidth. How good is that connected toaster, doorbell or pool vacuum looking now?
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