Chinese firm acknowledges inadvertent role in cyberattack | CNNMoney

The report explains that XiongMai Technologies' hardware and software—used in many IP cameras and DVRs—contained hard-coded administrator accounts and an authentication bypass which were exploited to form the large Mirai IoT botnet; the vendor acknowledged partial responsibility and recommended firmware updates for affected devices. The article highlights the common security problem of default credentials and insecure supply-chain practices enabling widespread botnet infections.