"On a conference call announcing the guilty pleas Wednesday, Justice Department Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Downing said that the Mirai case underscored the perils of young computer users who lose their way online—and said that the Justice Department planned to expand its youth outreach efforts."
https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/
Sure, because manufacturers churning out insecure network equipment are completely innocent here.
Ffs. #InfoSec