Some security experts seem a little too keen on predicting the end of the Internet, for example, on 29 July Russ Cooper wrote, "This doesn't alter my prediction that we're going to experience a 'net meltdown on the 1st or 2nd, I believe far too many machines are vulnerable still and will likely be re-infected. "
What is a "net meltdown"? Sounds bad - brings up images of nuclear reactor meltdowns. That implies shutting down the damaged reactor, evacuating the population within a large radius and permanently encasing it in concrete. I might be unobservant, but I didn't notice anyone doing that on 1 Aug. My Internet connection is still not covered with concrete.
Or maybe more like a cheese meltdown? Stops being firm and supportive, gets gooey round the edges, still tasty - but you might burn your tongue if you're not careful. That could describe the Internet any day of the week.
Cooper was right about "far too many machines", but the result was not comparable to a nuclear meltdown. Finding how large my firewall log was on the peak day was annoying, and we can cry over all that wasted bandwidth, but it is not a disaster. Information Security is important, but unjustified hype is not going to make anyone listen.