These type of capabilities have been available for a LOOOOOONG time and a lot you can do from your cell phone if you know what you're doing....aka you're a hacker who can roll your own. BGP poisoning is a real thing among others.....lest we forget?
https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/20-years-of-warning-if-youre-looking-for-computer-security-then-the-internet-is-not-the-place-to-be “*L0pht*, *Making the theoretical practical since 1992* *#yawn* On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:04 PM Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > Hackers have leaked documents showing that Russia’s secret services made a > request for a cyberweapon that could take nations offline, Meduza reports. > The “Digital Revolution” group uploaded an archive of documents dating to > 2017 and 2018 showing a request from a division of Russia’s Federal > Security Service for the development of “Fronton” software that would > enable cyberattacks using infected Internet-of-Things devices. The > software, which came in three forms, could infect any smart device, from > digital assistants to “smart” homes, connecting them into a network and > then attacking the servers responsible for the stability of online services > and the internet itself in entire countries. An attack using a few hundred > thousand smart devices would be able to knock out social networks and > file-hosting services for several hours, while “an attack on national DNS > servers could render the Internet inaccessible for several hours in a small > country.” > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected].
-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
