The cyber attack by the us is “offset” – The World

Friday, several of the major sites had been disrupted following the attack on a service provider in charge of redirect the flow of the internet.

on Friday, several sites (Twitter, Spotify, CNN, Airbnb, etc.) have been disrupted by an attack in several waves carried out against the service provider, Dyn, which redirects the flow from the internet to the owners.

In his statement, Mr. Johnson also confirms that this denial of service attack, which involves overwhelming a server with requests to make it unavailable, could be conducted for objects that are connected to the internet.

authorities have identified a piece of malware christened Mirai targeting ” the surveillance cameras or devices of leisure connected to the internet “ to carry out these attacks without the knowledge of their owners, provides responsible.

The authorities ” working with law enforcement, the private sector and the scientific community to develop the means to neutralize it (the software), and other malicious software related to it “, adds Mr. Johnson.