Ok so like two days in a row there is someone DDOSing Blizzard WoW classic servers.
How can someone does this to such a big company? They have so many resources. And how hard is it to track the person who does this? I rly dont understand why would anyone do this in a first place, will the person go to jail for this or is it “untrackable”?
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Nowadays a common source of DDoS attacks is IoT devices. They make convenient targets because (1) there are a *ton* of them and (2) they are horribly insecure. Hackers spread malware to take over hundreds of thousands of routers, webcams, thermostats, sensors, light bulbs etc., and then use these distributed botnets to constantly attack a single target. These are also very hard for providers to deal with because they can’t easily be distinguished from regular home users. And even if you can identify some or all of them, what do you do?
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