DDoS Attack Powered by 25,000 CCTV Cameras

By far the largest number of devices themselves (46%) were H.264 DVR units.

By Phil Muncaster

Security researchers have revealed a unique new DDoS attack launched against a small business, which was powered entirely by thousands of compromised CCTV units.

Sucuri founder Daniel Cid explained in a blog post that 25,513 IP addresses were spotted, with a plurality in Taiwan (24%), the US (12%) and Indonesia (9%) – although they spread out over 105 countries in total.

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Source: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/

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