Is this report reliable? I don't know off-hand: http://www.csoonline.com/article/3134721/security/amateurs-were-behind-the-d... or: http://tinyurl.com/zb9mpy5 Amateurs were behind the Dyn Inc. DDoS attack, report says Flashpoint says that despite speculation, nothing they’ve seen points to political motivation or extortion Here is Flashpoint's actual report link: https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/action-analysis-mirai-botnet-attacks-dyn/ or http://tinyurl.com/hrhewxg "...In its investigation of Dyn DDoS attacks, Flashpoint discovered that the infrastructure used in the attack also targeted a well-known video game company. While there does not appear to have been any disruption of service, the targeting of a video game company is less indicative of hacktivists, state-actors, or social justice communities, and aligns more with the hackers that frequent online hacking forums. These hackers exist in their own tier, sometimes called “script kiddies,” and are separate and distinct from hacktivists, organized crime, state-actors, and terrorist groups. They can be motivated by financial gain, but just as often will execute attacks such as these to show off, or to cause disruption and chaos for sport..." "...Flashpoint assesses with moderate confidence that these attacks were not financially or politically motivated..." P.S. not sure why I include tinyurls other than long URLs tend to get messed up in some MUAs and on rare occasion one has to retype one in and tinyurls are tiny. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*