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by dimino 3523 days ago
But that's not how it's happening. These IoT devices are being granted IP addresses, somehow. Mirai is scanning the web and blindly trying telnet, and if it works, it tries these password combos. It doesn't do anything even remotely sophisticated to navigate a network.
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Agree, seems bizarre but sounds like sloppy device config.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765265