Dyn-burying botnet (allegedly) created as a publicity stunt for a cybersecurity firm

The Mirai botnet that launched a DDoS attack on Dyn in October, bringing down some hefty sites (Twitter, Flickr, etc.) for a few hours, was probably created by a Rutgers students who wanted to boost his DDoS-thwarting security firm.

Or so says well-known security researcher Brian Krebs, who was also DDoS’ed by mirai.