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Re: Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam

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Post by maxerickson »

nickpsecurity wrote: post #99
maxerickson wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/08/world/outcry-grows-over-po...

So, it got some coverage but maybe not enough or not in what news I was reading. Still strange given magnitude of event and anti-fascist demographic here. Figured they'd do it gor ratings at tge least.

How many of these attacks are you aware of?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_J...

Terrorism is not quite the same thing, but many are similarly notable.

(I'm probably only aware of a couple of them; I'm not grandstanding about awareness here)

Re: Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam

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Post by cypherg »

mmaunder wrote: post #10

For anyone who doesn't follow infosec: This guy is responsible for two of the most impressive hacks recently and still hasn't been doxed or arrested. And so the linked doc is awesome if only for the opsec tips it provides. And it provides much more than that. It really gives you some perspective on how much work an attacker will put into breaking into your network and the kind of structured approach they're taking. P…

Phineas Fisher has already publicly outed himself as an Italian security researcher. He openly shares his first and last name on his website.

Re: Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam

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Post by nickpsecurity »

maxerickson wrote: post #101
nickpsecurity wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, it got some coverage but maybe not enough or not in what news I was reading. Still strange given magnitude of event and anti-fascist demographic here. Figured they'd do it gor ratings at tge least.

How many of these attacks are you aware of? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_J... Terrorism is not quite the same thing, but many are similarly notable. (I'm probably only aware of a couple of them; I'm not grandstanding about awareness here)

Attacks by police in non-dictatorships against covilians at this level? I dont hear of many and dont think of it same as terrorist incidents.

Re: Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam

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Post by fapjacks »

nxzero wrote: post #70
rawfan wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was the one sentence that stood out to me as well. I can imagine this was an incident that had a high impact on "Fisher". I remember watching a live-stream of the incident broadcasted from the building on the other side of the road (which was thankfully the building where my friends stayed). My friends went inside the school after the raid and took pictures that I can't get out of my head to this day. The whole…

Very possible that the reference is sunblock, that is a counter-measure to waste the time of anyone trying to track them down and burn them. Fisher is experienced enough to know any information they leak will be used against them. My guess is that the event is either symbolic or meant build on a persona used to find people like them; post provides a means of contact. Regardless of their intent, as made clear by my ot…

Yes, this is what I thought, too. Also I have the distinct impression that the references to the Spanish language are a red herring as well.

Re: Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam

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Post by mercurial »

mintplant wrote: post #34
chinathrow wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They just lost their export license.

More information: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacking-team-has-lost-its-l... Quote: "We can sell everywhere in Europe without a license. We can sell everywhere in the world but we have to ask for a license every time we sell."

My heart bleeds. The question is, how hard is it for a company like that to get an individual license if they have a cozy relationship with law enforcement, which wouldn't be very surprising in their case?
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