Iot
- When the Cloud Goes Down, 150,000 Drivers Can't Start Their Cars
A cyberattack on Intoxalock, a maker of court-mandated ignition interlock breathalyzers, knocked out its cloud services from March 14 to March 22, leaving drivers across 46 US states unable to start their vehicles. The incident is a case study in what happens when legally mandated infrastructure has no offline fallback.
- 31.4 Tbps: The World's Largest DDoS Botnet, Taken Down
The DoJ disrupted four IoT botnets behind a 31.4 Tbps world record DDoS attack. Three million infected devices, mostly off-brand Android TVs and set-top boxes. Kimwolf, AISURU, JackSkid, and Mossad are Mirai variants operated as a professional cybercrime-as-a-service business. C2 is down. The devices are still infected.