On October 28, 2016 at 00:07 jxh@jxh.com (Jim Hickstein) wrote:
On 10/27/16 22:59, bzs@TheWorld.com wrote:
What would the manufacturers' response be if this virus had instead just shut down, possibly in some cases physically damaged the devices or otherwise caused them to cease functioning ever again (wiped all their software or broke their bootability), rather than just hijacked them for a while?
A virus that kills its host (too much of the time) is not successful.
Hmm. So now we assume we are dealing with rational actors? I suppose one can find some rational motives in bringing down Dyn but I don't see that it's all that different from bricking half a million (for starters) IoT devices. Thus far the goal just seems to be mayhem. -- -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*