Who is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?
Previous discussion : <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824</a><p>Mods, the current url points to somewhere in the middle (contains a #). Consider editing the url to point to <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author/" rel="nofollow">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-m...</a><p>The article makes for a fascinating read (could form the basis of a Social Network style movie), and also brings up the topic of IoT security. IoT devices in usage are only going to increase in number, so if the manufacturers don't get their act together, multi TBps DDoS capable botnets operated by teenagers will become the new normal.<p>Links worth mentioning:<p>AnnaSenpai 5 days ago on reddit (story adds up) : <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_people_whove_written_malicious_code/dce7rh9/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...</a><p>Chat between AnnaSenpai and a victim: <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/annasenpaichat.txt" rel="nofollow">https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/annas...</a>