> and taking down all of Liberia’s Internet—to name a few examples.
This did not happen [1] as was documented here[2], here and here[3]. It spices up the story but in truth, one of local telcos was affected but they accounted for less than a third of Liberia's Internet traffic. The weekend-like Internet traffic seen on that day was because of a national holiday.
Additional source: I lived in Liberia during that time managing the local IXP.
This did not happen [1] as was documented here[2], here and here[3]. It spices up the story but in truth, one of local telcos was affected but they accounted for less than a third of Liberia's Internet traffic. The weekend-like Internet traffic seen on that day was because of a national holiday.
Additional source: I lived in Liberia during that time managing the local IXP.
[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/11/did-the-mirai-botnet-rea... [2] https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/ddos-attack-mirai-liberia.... [3] https://twitter.com/DougMadory/status/794592487159529472