Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices
Found on The Register on Saturday, 22 October 2016
Compromised machines, following orders from as-yet unknown masterminds, threw massive amounts of junk traffic at servers operated by US-based Dyn, which provides DNS services for websites large and small.
Particularly China-based XiongMai Technologies, which produces vulnerable software and hardware used in easily hijacked IP cameras, digital video recorders and network-attached video recorders. These crappy devices were at the core of today's attacks, according to Flashpoint.
You better get used to it. Next time you screw in your awesome smart lightbulb, you volunteer to become the next member or Mirai.