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Brian in Pittsburgh

@arekfurt

Former attorney, current IT & infosec consultant in the 'Burgh. Happy to talk about password spraying one minute and constitutional law the next. Son of #wvu.

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calendar_today19-06-2015 20:11:10

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cc GitHub GitHub Security this mass issue creation campaign looks to be actively ongoing as of a few minutes ago. flood of new bot accounts. site leads to copy-paste CAPTCHA scam, looks like a mix of the original lummastealer lure and my poc (so, uh, sorry)

cc <a href="/github/">GitHub</a> <a href="/GitHubSecurity/">GitHub Security</a> this mass issue creation campaign looks to be actively ongoing as of a few minutes ago. flood of new bot accounts. site leads to copy-paste CAPTCHA scam, looks like a mix of the original lummastealer lure and my poc (so, uh, sorry)
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This is why states that are going to attempt to do hack-and-leak ultimately need to be successful at building target country media entities or cultivating local partners. The Iranians have shown you can't just email some hacked stuff around and hope it gets written about.

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$75 million. For what was likely a bit of lower-end hacking of a not-so-well defended target. Minus any ransomware-maintainer related share, cryptocurrency/laundering-related fees, initial access related fees, tooling costs, etc. But... $75 million. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…