The authors of the infamous Mirai botnet - used to launch record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks last year that knocked major segments of the internet offline - have pleaded guilty to federal cybercrime charges.
Since Friday's big DDoS attack on Dyn, we’ve heard a lot about what Mirai and the attack on Dyn was, much of which is guesswork to fill in the blanks. Let's look at some of the assertions and myths that have been doing the rounds.