Some good techy reading on the Internet outage suffered by many yesterday & picked up by mainstream press:

Some good techy reading on the Internet outage suffered by many yesterday & picked up by mainstream press:

e.g. BBC: Cyber attacks briefly knock out top sites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37728015

Here's a good, detailed explanation with links to further:
Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/

and Bruce Schnier's thoughts (with links)
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_ag.html

and an earlier article in September which is really interesting (and a bit scary)
Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/