DDOS attack: Hackers may’ve hijacked zombie fridges, DVRs, cameras to take out internet - TomoNews

Internet services across much of the U.S. were disrupted or temporarily taken offline in a massive distributed denial of service attack last Friday, reported CNBC. The attack targeted thousands of devices with weak security and easy-to-guess passwords to form a botnet. Vulnerable technology can include any smart device with web connectivity. This botnet then overwhelmed internet servers and disrupted popular services such as Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, Twitter and more. ---------------------------------------­-------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook   / tomonewsus   Twitter @tomonewsus   / tomonewsus   Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus   / tomonewsus   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Please watch: "Crying dog breaks the internet’s heart — but this sad dog story has a happy ending"    • Video   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~