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15th December 2017 - Link Blog

The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft Scheme. Fascinating story about last year’s Mirai botnet, which was originally developed to help corner the Minecraft server market.

Posted 15th December 2017 at 3:18 am

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