“Friday’s internet disruption could be a taste of what’s to come when nations and non-state actors stop using the web and start attacking it. Like poor John Hurt’s character in Alien, the internet is infected with a monster that turned on its host. Instead of using the network to send propaganda videos, or dump emails, or destroy centrifuges, Friday’s attack harnessed thousands of connected devices to take down parts of the internet itself.”
Source: Someone Weaponized the Internet of Things – Defense One
