"The Mirai Monster Unveiled: Young Hackers Reveal the Web-Killing Creation"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by WIRED
In 2016, a massive internet outage affected major websites like The New York Times, Twitter, and Amazon. This outage was caused by a cyber weapon called Mirai, which was built by three young hackers: Josiah White, Paras Jha, and Dalton Norman. Josiah and Dalton, both skilled hackers, were fascinated by the power and chaos they could create with their attacks. They would compete with each other to find new methods to amplify their denial-of-service attacks, often knocking websites offline and causing downtime for numerous other sites. Despite their young age, they were able to unleash a monster that shook the foundations of the internet.
