(Credit: Shutterstock) The Internet of Things crashed into the old Internet on Oct 21st, and it wasn’t pretty. A specialized but fairly simple bit of malware known as Mirai was used to cause huge numbers of simple Internet-connected devices (cameras, home routers, baby monitors, etc.) to flood the infrastructure of a service provider called Dyn.
Article Link: http://toptechticker.com/2017/02/17/the-internet-of-things-that-can-attack-you-forbes/