'Grey hat' hacker suspected to be behind malware that seeks out and takes down insecure connected devices
BrickerBot, a new form of "permanent denial-of-service" (PDoS), has been spotted in the wild in two separate attacks aimed at the same insecure Internet of Things (IoT) that were targeted by Mirai....
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