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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
Brazilian DDoS protection vendor weaponized own infrastructure against competitors, highlighting supply chain trust risks in cybersecurity service providers.
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A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm's chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work of a competitor trying to tarnish his company's public image.
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