DDoS attack with Mirai malware 'killing business' in Liberia
The malware behind last month's massive internet disruption in the U.S. is targeting Liberia with financially devastating results.
This week, a botnet powered by the Mirai malware has been launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on IP addresses in the African country, according to security researchers.
These attacks are the same kind that briefly disrupted internet access across the U.S. almost two weeks ago. They work by flooding internet connections with too much traffic, effectively forcing the services offline. On Thursday, an employee with one Liberian mobile service provider said the attacks were taking a toll. "The DDoS is killing our business," he said over the phone. "We have a challenge with the DDoS. We are hoping someone can stop it."
