On Friday, October 21, a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks caused widespread disruption of legitimate internet activity in the US. Because the attacks targeted the Domain Name System (DNS) that makes sure information requests on the internet are delivered to the right address, a lot of normal activities such as online shopping, social media interaction, and listening to music, were not possible for periods of time. The length of disruptions varied, but in some cases it was several hours.
Here are 10 things it is important to know about the 10/21 IoT DDoS attacks, and others like them.
10 things to know about the October 21 IoT DDoS attacks
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