On October 12, 2016, a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack left much of the internet inaccessible on the U.S. east coast. The attack, which authorities initially feared was the work of a hostile nation-state, was in fact the work of the Mirai botnet.

This attack, which could potentialy have taken down the internet in a way never before seen..was started because of...Minecraft.  — grew more powerful than its creators ever dreamed possible.Anna Sempai made millions of dollars as a Minecraft hacker. It's a story of unintended consequences and unexpected security threats, and it says a lot about our modern age\

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Sources:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/11/new-mirai-worm-knocks-900k-germans-offline/

https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/mirai-botnet-authors-avoid-jail-time/