The rent-a-DDoS service that knocked out Xbox Live and Playstation Network is powered by thousands of hacked residential internet routers, according to security journalist Brian Krebs.
The hacking group Lizard Squad has been using unsecured routers with unchanged passwords to build its own network of stresser bots that can be uses to take down sites with excessive fake traffic.
Hacked routers used for paid DDoS attacks
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