<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A Chinese electronics component manufacturer says its products inadvertently played a role in a massive cyberattack that disrupted major internet sites in the U.S. on Friday.<br class=""><br class="">Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology, a vendor behind DVRs and internet-connected cameras, said on Sunday that security vulnerabilities involving weak default passwords in its products were partly to blame.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The full story at <a href="http://www.techconnect.com/article/3134039/hacking/chinese-firm-admits-its-hacked-products-were-behind-fridays-massive-ddos-attack.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TechConnect%20Daily%202016-10-24&utm_term=techconnect_daily" class="">here</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>