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They can be used by blackhats selling e.g. DDoD-netbots to prove the “quality of the merchandise”.

I definitely get the feeling that’s what they’re going for. They mentioned they’re just testing out a new botnet made from IoT devices.

Ah, Mirai Mark N. So what, light bulbs? Cameras?

Where did you read this? I am curious...

From the attacker's twitter account, just read through his/her twitter replies (though it sounds like it's actually a group of them).

And so the IoT wars begin...

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