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> What would happen if (when?) someone with more evil intentions decides they would like a 420,000 device botnet of their own?

You think massive botnets don't exist already?

> How much damage could one do by shutting off all these devices simultaneously?

The only reason this haven't happened so far is because there's no profit in this. There's more money to be made keeping a low profile and spamming / phishing.




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