"Hackers accidentally create network-busting malware"

Arbor Networks has presented new details of the latest variant of the Mirai botnet, which has been designed to exploit IoT devices in one network to launch attacks on another. It has been revealed by researchers that this variant could knock networks offline by installing the newest Mirai botnet variant on connected devices behind a firewall. This article further discusses the discovery of this attack, the malicious activities of the Mirai botnet, and possible reasons why this new variant hasn’t been launched by the designers of it.   

The Hill reports "Hackers accidentally create network-busting malware"