On: Ask HN: How did Dyn fail to fend off DDOS?

[verroq]

I think the more realistic solution is that a vigilante group of hackers continuously scan and take over vulnerable IOT boxes with the intention of bricking and/or disabling their network access would be the most feasible.

[snowwrestler → verroq]

The problem with this idea is that it is illegal, and federal agents are much better at tracking people down on the Internet than they were even 5 years ago. So while I think a lot of us would cheer the vigilantes on, they would be taking a serious personal risk.

[jazoom → snowwrestler]

If they were so good at that then this wouldn't be a problem in the first place. The hackers can be in the same country as the DDOSers.

[camhenlin → jazoom]

But then wouldn't they be better off doing DDOSing for hire? Just a thought

[atmosx → verroq]

There is shodan.io which is pretty good.

The vigilante hackers is for for comic books IMHO. I would trust a 3-letter gov org. Maybe the NSA would be a lot more useful if instead of breaking the internet, trying to fix it.