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Hackers have started to use insecure Internet of Things devices, especially internet connected video cameras, to produce DDoS attacks larger than have ever been seen before. The KrebsonSecurity website was hit by a DDoS that was twice as large as the previous largest attack seen by Akemai, and there have been larger attacks since.

The problem will continue, and may get even worse, since many of the insecure internet attached video cameras are insecure because of passwords hard-coded into the devices; they can't be easily made more secure.