Re: Maybe a sledgehammer approach is needed?
I know it isn't a real world solution but I'd love to see every infected device bricked. Since these device are already easy to access it should be fairly trivial to pop in and check for Mirai. Fry the device and let the owner try to get compensation from the manufacturer for selling a defective product.
Obviously this isn't a long term solution as the Black Hats would quickly work out the attack vector. At least millions of compromised devices would be permanently removed as a threat.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
