When Cameras Nearly Killed the Internet

FACT STORY: “The Day the Internet Almost Disappeared” Hook (0–3 sec): “In 2016,

the internet almost stopped… because of cameras.” Story (3–20 sec): Most websites you

use—Netflix, Twitter, Amazon, Reddit—depend on one company you’ve

probably never heard of. It’s called Dyn. Hackers took control of thousands of

smart devices like security cameras and Wi-Fi routers. They forced them to send millions

of requests at the same time. Result (20–30 sec): The internet got overloaded.

Major websites went offline worldwide. Ending (30–35 sec): “The internet didn’t break because of

hackers… It broke because smart devices weren’t smart enough.”