On October 28, 2016 at 00:07 j...@jxh.com (Jim Hickstein) wrote: > On 10/27/16 22:59, b...@theworld.com wrote: > > What would the manufacturers' response be if this virus had instead > > just shut down, possibly in some cases physically damaged the devices > > or otherwise caused them to cease functioning ever again (wiped all > > their software or broke their bootability), rather than just hijacked > > them for a while? > > A virus that kills its host (too much of the time) is not successful.
Hmm. So now we assume we are dealing with rational actors? I suppose one can find some rational motives in bringing down Dyn but I don't see that it's all that different from bricking half a million (for starters) IoT devices. Thus far the goal just seems to be mayhem. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*