Linus Gasser

#Blockchain #DFinity It seems that DFinity's "Internet Computer" is starting to be useful! The guys from

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/self-propagating-malware-poisons-open-source-software-and-wipes-iran-based-machines

used it to store the URL to the CCS server, so they could update it without anybody intervening.

Wouldn't you guess it, their smart contract / Canister Smart Contracts has been taken down by this decentralized machine...

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections.

Ars Technica
Mar 24 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadLinus Gasser20h ago

I had a discussion with a guy from secret services once about doing a P2P controlled network of computers. It seems that this is not the way to go, as there don't seem to be many of the CCS running on P2P.

Is it difficult to hide the P2P traffic? Is it too frickle? Not enough rendez-vous points?