XiongMai Technologies acknowledged that a malware known as “Mirai” was used in the cyber attack.
The hazard of having so many household devices connected to the internet is even more obvious after Friday’s cyberattack.
A Chinese firm that makes components for surveillance video cameras now admits their technology was used, in part, to carry out the unprecedented strike.
XiongMai Technologies acknowledged that a piece of malware known as “Mirai” that’s spreading around the internet targets vulnerabilities in their products.
“Mirai is a huge disaster for the ‘Internet of Things,'” XiongMai representative Cooper Wang told CNNMoney in an email. “[We] have to admit that our products also suffered from hackers’ break-in and illegal use.”
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