[Cryptography] Chinese firm admits its hacked DVRs, cameras were behind Friday's massive DDOS attack

[Aram Perez]

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.

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.

The full story at here <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>.

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