IoT vendors know this. Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology, the Chinese technology company that admitted its webcam and digital video recorder (DVR) products were used in the assault and recalled its webcams, is also threatening legal action against those that try to attach blame for the attack to its gear.
However, Level3 Communications believe that Mirai is not solely responsible for the Dyn attack and other botnets were also involved. At the same time, FlashPoint researchers also linked the famous hacking forum hackforum.net with the Dyn DDoS attack.
Webcams involved in Dyn DDoS attack recalled | TechCrunch
Xiongmai denies in a statement made to the BBC that its devices represented the majority of those used in the attack, and indeed it appears likely that IoT hardware from a large number of different manufacturers were involved. Still, Xiongmai has instituted a recall for all webcams that use its circuit board and other components, which represents a sizeable number of devices because of how many companies Xiongmai supplies.
Chinese electronic firm Hangzhou XiongMai (XM) says it will recall some of its IoT devices, including webcams, after claims that they were widely exploited by malicious hackers that launched a massive denial-of-service attack on Friday October 21st.
Chinese electronics firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology has since recalled some of its devices that it believes were part of the attack, however many other manufacturers are believed to have produced products vulnerable to Mirai.
The latest finding relates to Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology, the Chinese manufacturer that in late October partially recalled webcams that had been taken over by hackers and used in massive distributed denial-of-services attacks.
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