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Daily Dashboard | Senator probes feds on DDoS attack Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has sent letters to the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Department of Homeland Security asking for possible solutions to the distributed denial of service attacks that disrupted much of the internet in the U.S. last Friday, KrebsOnSecurity reports. "Because the producers of these insecure IoT devices currently are insulated from any standards requirements, market feedback, or liability concerns, I am deeply concerned that we are witnessing a 'tragedy of the commons' threat to the continued functioning of the internet, as the security so vital to all internet users remains the responsibility of none." He also asked if there is more the government can do to vet IoT security before they go online. According to CSO, those behind Friday's attack were "work script kiddies," or amateurs, and not, as was suspected by some, a nation-state. The source code for the Mirai malware — the malware behind Friday's DDoS attack — was also published online.
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