Security News > 2019 > July > Massive Botnet Attack Used More Than 400,000 IoT Devices

2019-07-26 18:33
Researchers at Imperva Say Incident Mimicked Mirai-Style DDoS AttackA massive botnet attack earlier this year utilized more than 400,000 connected devices over the course of 13 days, according to researchers at the security firm Imperva.
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