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I wonder if it's a reference to Dead Souls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Souls).
When I was an irresponsible high school grey hat (2001) I was part of a small group of people that shared exploits. We weren't that talented, but one of the guys in our group was still able to get into the cameras in the parking lot of the CIA. This is the problem with cyber security: Even if you're the most knowledgeable organization on earth you still fuck it up. Any one person can fuck up any one thing and if it i…
I received an offer from the FBI in 2003 for something I did in 2001. I was similarly distrustful even though I had already been caught and punished. It was the most surreal and frankly unnerving experience.
DVR devices are insane. I do regular surveys of random IP addresses and find these devices everywhere . They're easily identified by the headers that the embedded servers respond with. Typically they're cheap devices from China using the same tech just with slightly different branding. They usually have default passwords like admin:admin that users aren't required to change and often have vulnerabilities that grant a…
A big factor might have been ISP-provided routers coming with random passwords printed on the underside of the router instead of uniform defaults. The same tactic would work with many IoT devices but the incentive isn't there.
Hacking aside, it's great to see the perfect diversity score: 50% male/female. Silicon Valley should take note.
This is what makes me skeptical of the diversity movements in America. In Romania and even Russia it seems women are very well represented in tech and there are no movements there. It seems to me that these movements are mostly used for political maneuvering and are not helpful at all.
So yes, it makes sense to have a movement for diversity here, because something is pushing women out of these fields, so we have to push back.
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This is what makes me skeptical of the diversity movements in America. In Romania and even Russia it seems women are very well represented in tech and there are no movements there. It seems to me that these movements are mostly used for political maneuvering and are not helpful at all.
As someone from Eastern Europe, all of the women (three generations) in my family are/were in scientific/engineering roles and it didn't seem like a big deal 30 years ago or now. It was just the way things are. I have an aunt who knows COBOL. Not being familiar enough with history of this in US/Silicon Valley, want to ask: were things always "unequal", or did things go wrong somewhere along the way?
When I was an irresponsible high school grey hat (2001) I was part of a small group of people that shared exploits. We weren't that talented, but one of the guys in our group was still able to get into the cameras in the parking lot of the CIA. This is the problem with cyber security: Even if you're the most knowledgeable organization on earth you still fuck it up. Any one person can fuck up any one thing and if it i…
I agree with the rest of your points, but that "shitty" high school hacker managed to hide his identity from CIA. You're underestimating him. Majority of wannabe hackers would screw up some detail and get discovered.
I totally believe that in the Swordfish era of the early 2000's they would have legitimately hit up a high schooler with some demonstrated ability.
When I was an irresponsible high school grey hat (2001) I was part of a small group of people that shared exploits. We weren't that talented, but one of the guys in our group was still able to get into the cameras in the parking lot of the CIA. This is the problem with cyber security: Even if you're the most knowledgeable organization on earth you still fuck it up. Any one person can fuck up any one thing and if it i…
This is why I think cryptocurrency is a terrible idea. Even if nobody ever finds a problem with the system itself (unlikely on an infinite timescale), every bank will get hacked at some point, and with no rollbacks it will eventually end in disaster.
Much kudos to submitter for using the text-only cnn.io version. Instead of loading a megabyte of executable crud, moving images etc for three paragraphs of text I got...three paragraphs of text!
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I received an offer from the FBI in 2003 for something I did in 2001. I was similarly distrustful even though I had already been caught and punished. It was the most surreal and frankly unnerving experience.
You managed to go through the legal system in under two years? Impressive.
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Or, since he's taken steps to protect his identity, CIA might have offered a fake job offer for the purpose of him revealing his identity.
I think this what happened.. the government has very formal hiring procedures, a government employee can’t just send spurious offer letters to foreign nationals.