> On Dec 12, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > > Is McAfee just talking to dry his teeth here? This isn't actually practical, > is it? Carriers would notice, right?
Whether carriers might notice (or even care, because hey we can bill for data!) is debatable. But... > > http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/john-mcafee-massive-ddos-attack-internet-was-smartphone-botnet-popular-app-1532993 "and the unsophisticated way the botnet could be implemented through a simple smartphone app, suggests hackers sympathetic to Islamic State (Isis) may be behind it." "The majority of the domain servers are controlled by U.S. interests - three are controlled by the US government. Who has the largest axe to grind? Isis. Who has the most to gain? Isis. Isis certainly has the technical capability to write a popular app.” He certainly is making some wild leaps of logic here. This is the most substantive sentence in the article: "But I have no direct evidence.”
