Large DDoS attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host

[stfu&gbtw]

This resonates, I feel the same way...

So, now that his has happened, has drawn a lot of attention, what is the potential fallout?

I'd imagine the fallout from treating our electrical grid like it's some tertiary consideration will be an issue long before the smart refrigerators are.

[highangle]

"Our electrical grid" - like you'd let the Federal Government own the American electrical grid like some kind of Worker's Paradise. heh

[riser4]

I'd imagine the fallout from treating our electrical grid like it's some tertiary consideration will be an issue long before the smart refrigerators are.

True. However, refrigerator as attack vector was not my point.

[stfu&gbtw]

True. However, refrigerator as attack vector was not my point.

I wasn't responding to you. I don't take moral issue with building a machine to automatically write a grocery list, except when it's considered a higher priority than building the electric grid needed to power it.

[hooked]

I'd be curious to know if this hack and publicity factored into the price that Oracle paid for them.

[basinbeater]

It should, you buy a car and agree to a price, and right before you hand the money over the bumper falls off? Discount...